Olorgesailie - E/11 (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 667, Olorgesailie - E/11,

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

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

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

Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: alluvial_fan ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: thin discontinuous layer of sand + pumice gravel assoc. with erosion of Mbr. 9

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 483, 482, 479, 478, 477, ; 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 21849: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 14.03.1996

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Taurotragus sp.
Taurotragus sp. Wagner 1855 eland
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus sp.
Metridiochoerus sp. Hopwood 1926 pig