East Turkana - Area 130 - Upper Burgi (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 317, Area 130 - Upper Burgi,

Where: Kenya (4.2° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 36.2° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Burgi Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: max = Lokalalei tuff, min = KBS Tuff radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: basin margin or "alluvialfan" facies
• ETE rock type adj: lenticular, ETE lithology comments: mudstone, basaltic conglomerate

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 234, ; 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 21503: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 10.06.1993, edited by Victoria Egerton

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi3 Arambourg 1934 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki1 Dietrich 1915 elephant
E. recki shungurensis
Loxodonta adaurora1 Maglio 1970 African elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: kararae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 horse
Hipparion sp.2 de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
H. sp. B
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum2 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum5 Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
C. simum germanoafricanum
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus gorgops6, "Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis6
Hippopotamus gorgops6 Dietrich 1928 hippo
"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis6 Coryndon 1977 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus andrewsi4 Hopwood 1926 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes4 Hopwood 1926 pig
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti4 Leakey 1943 pig
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa stillei7 Arambourg 1947 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Aepyceros melampus8 Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Beatragus antiquus8 Leakey 1965 hirola
Connochaetes gentryi8 Harris 1991 wildebeest
Damaliscus eppsi8 Harris 1991 antelope
Reduncini indet.8 Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
Reducini gen. and sp. indet.
Menelikia lyrocera8 Arambourg 1941 antelope
? Kobus sp.8 Smith 1840 antelope
Kobus kob8 Erxleben 1777 kob
Kobus sigmoidalis8 Arambourg 1941 antelope
Gazella sp.8 Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Gazella praethomsoni8 Arambourg 1947 gazelle
Pelorovis turkanensis8 Harris 1991 antelope
Tragelaphini indet.8 Blyth 1863 antelope
Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet.
Tragelaphus strepsiceros8 Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Tragelaphus strepsiceros8 Pallas 1766 greater kudu
"Tragelaphus aff. T. strepsiceros maryanus"
Tragelaphus nakuae8 Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium7
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium7 Pomel 1893 placental
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. nov.
Cercopithecoides kimeui Leakey 1982 monkey
Cercopithecoides williamsi Mollet 1947 monkey
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet.9 Gray 1825 ape
Hominidae gen. et sp. indet.
Homo sp.9 Linnaeus 1758 human
Homo aff. erectus9 Dubois 1892 human
Adenota
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"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki8
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki8 Schwartz 1932