East Turkana - Area 202 - Lower Burgi (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 352, Area 202 - Lower Burgi,

Where: Kenya (3.8° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.7° N, 36.1° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Burgi Tuff (2.68+-.06ma), Min = Lokalalei Tuff (2.52+-.05ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; green claystone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: green, ETE lithology comments: sandstones, diatomites

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 123, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: I. McDougall. 1985. K/Ar and 40Ar/39Ar Dating of the Hominid-Bearing Plio-Pleistocene Sequence at Koobi Fora, Lake Turkana, Northern Kenya. Geological Society of America Bulletin 96:159-175 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21537: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 17.05.1994

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Sindacharax sp., Labeo sp., Hyperopsius sp., Hemicypris sp.
Hemicypris sp.
ETE occurrence; species: ostracod
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Cyprideis torosa
Cyprideis torosa ostracod
ETE occurrence; species: ostracod
Actinopteri
 Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchus niloticus
Gymnarchus niloticus aba knifefish
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp.
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
Bacillariophyceae
 Melosirales - Melosiraceae
Melosira cf. granulata
Melosira cf. granulata diatom
ETE occurrence; species: diatom