East Turkana - Area 131 Okote FxJj20M (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Where: Kenya (4.2° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 36.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Okote Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• Datum plane: conglomerate sandstone. Top of section 0 meters, bottom of section -12.2 meters.

Environment/lithology: deltaic; poorly lithified, burrowed sandstone and poorly lithified, tuffaceous, sandy, conglomeratic mudstone

• Fluvial-deltaic; channel floodplain. Channel and overbank deposits of floodplain. Tropical open climate. Mixture of open grasslands, bushlands, gallery forest and aquatic habitats.
• Sandstone, sandy mudstone with gravelly and tuffaceious layers, calcareous sandstone and mudstone.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: G. L. Isaac. 1997. Koobi Fora Research Project Volume 5 Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology. [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/S. Cote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32060: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Denne Reed on 03.06.2003, edited by Victoria Egerton

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Non-identifiable
Mammalia
  -
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777 baboon
Colobus sp. Illiger 1811 monkey
 Placentalia -
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
 Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomys indet. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix indet. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
 Carnivora - Felidae
cf. Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
Hipparion indet. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae indet., "Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis
Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821 hippopotamus
"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis Coryndon 1977 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
At least 4 different species.
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
Kobus ellipsiprymnus Ogilby 1833 waterbuck
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863 antelope
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926 pig
 Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet. proboscidean
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus indet. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Cladistia
 Polypteriformes - Polypteridae
Polypterus indet. Lacépède 1803 bichir
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias indet. Scopoli 1777 catfish