West Turkana - Lomekwi IV: Gelasian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae-lg.
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae-sm.
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947
9 specimens
Parapapio cf. whitei Broom 1940
1 specimen
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936
1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
7 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion hasumense Eisenmann 1983
14 specimens
recombined as Eurygnathohippus hasumense
Mammalia - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958
2 specimens
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926
2 specimens
Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
30 specimens
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus
Potamochoerus sp. Gray 1854
3 specimens
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon protoamphibius
5 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-med
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-sm
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894
1 specimen
cf. Megalotragus sp. van Hoepen 1932
4 specimens
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-medium
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-small
Kobus oricornis
1 specimen
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.A-W.Turkana
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941
1 specimen
Aepyceros shungurae Gentry 1985
22 specimens
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941
4 specimens
Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Turkana sp. nov.
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
2 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium problematicus
1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Turkana sp. nov.
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
3 specimens
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: brumpti
Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970
1 specimen
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941
1 specimen
unclassified
Antidorcas recki (Schwartz 1932)
1 specimen
original and current combination Adenota recki
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya State/province:Rift Valley County:West Turkana
Coordinates: 3.9° North, 35.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.8° North, 35.5° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Gelasian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Middle - Late/Upper Pliocene
*International age/stage:Gelasian (minimum)
Key time interval:Gelasian
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 1.80600 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Omo Formation:Nachukui Member:Lomekwi
Local bed:just above Tulu Bor Tuff
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Lokalalei Tuff (2.52 +/- 0.05) and Tulu Bor Tuff (3.36 +/- 0.04) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: interbedded sands and silts; see Lower Lomekwi Fauna for details
Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: upward-fining cycles
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:0 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KENYA N.M.
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 80, LO4, Lomekwi IV,
Database number:21283
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1991-05-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1991-05-30 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4454.ETE 88J. M. Harris, F.H. Brown, and M.G. Leakey. 1988. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of pliocene and Pleistocene Localities West of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 399:1-128 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]