East Turkana - Area 119 - KBS (Pleistocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 309, Area 119 - KBS,

Where: Kenya (3.9° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 36.1° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: KBS Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Gelasian to Gelasian (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = KBS, Min = Okote tuffs

Environment/lithology: foreshore; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: beach ETE event: ., ETE env comment: beach complex, lake margin?
• ETE rock type adj: med-coarse, ETE lithology comments: .

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 234, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: J. M. Harris. 1983. Koobi Fora Research Project The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Suidae. Clarendon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom 2 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21495: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 22.04.1994

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
 Podocopida - Cyprididae
Cypris sp. Müller 1776 ostracod
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959 whiptail stingray
ETE occurrence; species: A-E.Turkana
Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959 whiptail stingray
ETE occurrence; species: B-E.Turkana
Mammalia
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet., "Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis3 Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum1 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus andrewsi2 Hopwood 1926 pig
Metridiochoerus compactus2 Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes2 Hopwood 1926 pig
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon aethiopicus4 Coryndon and Coppens 1975 pygmy hippo
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Alcelaphini indet.6 Brookes 1876 antelope
Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions
Damaliscus eppsi Harris 1991 antelope
Reduncini indet.6 Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
Reduncini gen. and sp. indet.
Menelikia lyrocera6 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Kobus kob6 Erxleben 1777 kob
Kobus aff. leche6 Gray 1850 antelope
Kobus sigmoidalis6 Arambourg 1941 antelope
"Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera6 Arambourg 1947 reedbuck
Tragelaphini indet.6 Blyth 1863 antelope
Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet.
Tragelaphus strepsiceros6 Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Pelorovis turkanensis6 Harris 1991 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp.5 Brisson 1762 giraffe
Giraffa stillei5 Arambourg 1947 giraffe
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Euthecodon brumpti Joleaud 1920 crocodile
Actinopteri
 Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchus niloticus aba knifefish
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
 Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
 Life -
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki6
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki6 Schwartz 1932