Olorgesailie - BBB (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 657, Land Surface 1, Olorgesailie - BBB,

Where: Kenya (1.6° S, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 1.6° S, 36.4° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: 1 Member (Olorgesailie Formation), Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 0 radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: dry floodplain; green claystone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: dry_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: subj. to low energy, fluvial sed + per. lake flood
• ETE rock type adj: greenish-brown, ETE lithology comments: silt and clay flats

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 482, 481, 480, 479, 478, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: C. P. Koch. 1986. The Vertebrate Taphonomy and Paleoecology of the Olorgesailie Formation (Middle Pleistocene, Kenya). [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21839: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.03.1996

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp.
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet.
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus gorgops
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet.
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
ETE occurrence; species: Giraffidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Taurotragus sp., Alcelaphini indet., Gazella sp.
Taurotragus sp. Wagner 1855 eland
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet., Equus sp.
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse