Olorgesailie - MFS (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 662, Olorgesailie - MFS,

Where: Kenya (1.6° S, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 1.6° S, 36.3° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 11 Member (Olorgesailie Formation), Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

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

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: littoral girdle during rising lake levels
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: hererogenous sand + gravel within a mbr. dominated by massive brown siltstones and diatomites

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 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

PaleoDB collection 21844: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.03.1996

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Aepyceros sp., Taurotragus sp.
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
Taurotragus sp. Wagner 1855 eland
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae indet., Hippopotamus sp., Hippopotamus gorgops
Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821 hippopotamus
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928 hippo
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet.
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Equidae