East Turkana - Area 116 - Lokochot (Pliocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 294, Area 116 - Lokochot,

Where: Kenya (4.1° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 4.4° N, 36.0° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Lokochot Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Lokochot tuff, Min = Tulu Bor Tuff radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: deltaic; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lithology=lacustrine not deltaic?
• ETE rock type adj: dark brown, ETE lithology comments: siltstones, fine sand

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: M. G. Leakey. 1982. Extinct large Colobines from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58:153-172 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21480: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1993

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecoides kimeui
Cercopithecoides kimeui Leakey 1982 monkey
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium1
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium1 Pomel 1893 placental
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus nakuae2, Aepyceros shungurae2, Kobus oricornis2
Tragelaphus nakuae2 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Aepyceros shungurae2 Gentry 1985 impala
Kobus oricornis2 antelope
1Harris 1991; 2Harris 1991