West Turkana - Natoo region: Calabrian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Labeo sp.
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Sindacharax sp.
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatidae indet.
Jordan 1888
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ETE occurrence; species: Dasyatidae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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ETE occurrence; species: Carnivora | ||||||||||
Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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ETE occurrence; species: Lagomorpha | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Cercopithecidae indet.
Gray 1821
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ETE occurrence; species: Cercopithecidae | ||||||||||
Theropithecus oswaldi
(Andrews 1916)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo erectus
(Dubois 1892)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equidae indet.
Gray 1821
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ETE occurrence; species: Equidae | ||||||||||
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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ETE occurrence; species: Suidae | ||||||||||
Metridiochoerus compactus
Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932
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Kolpochoerus limnetes
(Hopwood 1926)
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hexaprotodon karumensis
Coryndon 1977
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recombined as Hippopotamus karumensis | ||||||||||
Hippopotamus gorgops
Dietrich 1928
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Hippopotamus aethiopicus
Coryndon and Coppens 1975
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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ETE occurrence; species: Caprini B-W.Turkana | ||||||||||
Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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Gazella janenschi
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Gazella praethomsoni
Arambourg 1947
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Caprini indet.
Gray 1821
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ETE occurrence; species: Caprini | ||||||||||
Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini-med | ||||||||||
Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini-sm | ||||||||||
Damaliscus sp.
Sclater and Thomas 1894
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cf. Megalotragus sp.
van Hoepen 1932
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Connochaetes sp.
(Lichtenstein 1812)
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ETE occurrence; species: Turkana sp. nov. | ||||||||||
Reduncini indet.
Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
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ETE occurrence; species: Reduncini-medium | ||||||||||
Reduncini indet.
Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
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ETE occurrence; species: Reduncini-small | ||||||||||
Menelikia lyrocera
Arambourg 1941
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Kobus cf. kob
(Erxleben 1777)
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Kobus sigmoidalis
Arambourg 1941
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Aepyceros cf. melampus
(Lichtenstein 1812)
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Tragelaphus strepsiceros
(Pallas 1766)
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Tragelaphus nakuae
Arambourg 1941
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Pelorovis sp.
Reck 1928
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa sp.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Sivatheridae
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Sivatherium maurusium
(Pomel 1893)
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original and current combination Libytherium maurusium | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis cf. mesomelas
Schreber 1775
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recombined as Lupulella mesomelas | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium bozasi
Arambourg 1934
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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Reptilia
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Euthecodon brumpti
(Joleaud 1920)
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original and current combination Tomistoma brumpti | ||||||||||
Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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ETE occurrence; species: Aves | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Characiformes
- Alestidae
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Hydrocynus sp.
Cuvier 1816
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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
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 88 | J. 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] |