Olorgesailie - Hog (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 660, Olorgesailie - Hog,

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

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 10 Member (Olorgesailie Formation), Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Associated with dated pumice. radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: gravelly, ETE lithology comments: within sands and gravels of Mbr. 10 pumice and lava granules, interbedded lenses of vitric tuff and tuff-silt

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 487, 485, 483, 482, 481, 480, 479, 478, 477, 454, 81, ; 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

PaleoDB collection 21842: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.03.1996

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Taxonomic list

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Gnathostomata
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Osteichthyes indet., Osteichthyes indet.
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Siluriformes
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae indet.
Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821 hippopotamus
ETE occurrence; species: Hippopotamidae
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet., Metridiochoerus sp.
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Metridiochoerus sp. Hopwood 1926 pig
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet.
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Equidae
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp.
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish