East Turkana - Area 121 - KBS (Pleistocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 312, Area 121 - KBS,

Where: Kenya (3.9° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 36.2° 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 tuff, min = Okote tuff radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: foreshore; burrowed sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: beach ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: mudstone, caliche

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 21498: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 27.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Piscichnus brownii, Labeo sp., Sindacharax sp., Hyperopsius sp.
Piscichnus brownii
ETE occurrence; species: fish nest
Actinopteri
 Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchus niloticus
Gymnarchus niloticus aba knifefish
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Barbus sp.
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp.
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
 Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp.
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
Mammalia
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet.6, "Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei6, Homo sp.6
Hominidae indet.6 Gray 1825 ape
ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei6 Leakey 1959 australopithecine
Homo sp.6 Linnaeus 1758 human
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus andrewsi3, Kolpochoerus limnetes3
Metridiochoerus andrewsi3 Hopwood 1926 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes3 Hopwood 1926 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphini indet.5, Pelorovis oldowayensis5, Menelikia lyrocera5, "Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera5, Alcelaphini indet.5
Tragelaphini indet.5 Blyth 1863 antelope
Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet.
Pelorovis oldowayensis5 Reck 1928 antelope
Menelikia lyrocera5 Arambourg 1941 antelope
"Kobus ancystrocera" = Redunca ancystrocera5 Arambourg 1947 reedbuck
Alcelaphini indet.5 Brookes 1876 antelope
Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp.4, Giraffa pygmaea4
Giraffa sp.4 Brisson 1762 giraffe
Giraffa pygmaea4 Harris 1976 giraffe
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus indet.1
Equus indet.1 Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi2
Deinotherium bozasi2 Arambourg 1934 deinothere
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis africana
Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959 whiptail stingray
ETE occurrence; species: A-E.Turkana
Adenota
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"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki5
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki5 Schwartz 1932
1Eisenmann 1983; 2Harris 1983; 3Harris 1983; 4Harris 1991; 5Harris 1991; 6Isaac 1997