West Turkana - Natoo region: Calabrian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Labeo sp.
Sindacharax sp.
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888
ETE occurrence; species: Dasyatidae
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: Carnivora
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: Lagomorpha
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus oswaldi (Andrews 1916)
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo erectus (Dubois 1892)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Equidae
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Suidae
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon karumensis Coryndon 1977
recombined as Hippopotamus karumensis
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928
Hippopotamus aethiopicus Coryndon and Coppens 1975
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Caprini B-W.Turkana
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Gazella janenschi
Gazella praethomsoni Arambourg 1947
Caprini indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Caprini
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini-med
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini-sm
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894
cf. Megalotragus sp. van Hoepen 1932
Connochaetes sp. (Lichtenstein 1812)
ETE occurrence; species: Turkana sp. nov.
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
ETE occurrence; species: Reduncini-medium
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
ETE occurrence; species: Reduncini-small
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941
Kobus cf. kob (Erxleben 1777)
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941
Aepyceros cf. melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941
Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Sivatherium maurusium (Pomel 1893)
original and current combination Libytherium maurusium
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis cf. mesomelas Schreber 1775
recombined as Lupulella mesomelas
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Reptilia
Euthecodon brumpti (Joleaud 1920)
original and current combination Tomistoma brumpti
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: Aves
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya State/province:Rift Valley County:West Turkana
Coordinates: 4.3° North, 35.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.2° North, 35.7° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Epoch:Early/Lower Pleistocene
*International age/stage:Calabrian (minimum)
Key time interval:Calabrian
Age range of interval:1.80600 - 0.78100 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Omo Formation:Nachukui Member:Natoo
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Lower Koobi Fora Tuff (=Okote Tuff; 1.64 +/- 0.03) &Lower Nariokotome Tuff (1.33 +/- 0.03) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red or brown,yellow sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: pale yellow-brown, ETE lithology comments: also silt; thirteen fining upward cyclessand to silt; interbedded tuffs
Environment:lacustrine - small Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: deltaic, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake 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 91, Natoo region,
Database number:21294
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1992-04-02 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1992-04-02 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]