Also known as ETE Locality 663, Kanyugis Bone Site, Olorgesailie - KB,
Where: Kenya (1.6° S, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 1.6° S, 36.4° E)
When: indet. Member (Olorgesailie Formation), Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max=Mbr. 1 (weighted average); Min= top of formation (weighted average) radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology:
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 488, ; 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 21845: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 14.03.1996
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant |