West Turkana - Kangaki I: Gelasian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
1 specimen
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum
1 specimen
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Bovidae
Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928
Aepyceros cf. melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
1 specimen
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-medium
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941
2 specimens
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-sm
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Mammalia - Suidae
Notochoerus scotti (Leakey 1943)
3 specimens
original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti
Mammalia - Carnivora
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
1 specimen
Hyaena hyaena (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus oswaldi (Andrews 1916)
2 specimens
unclassified
Antidorcas recki (Schwartz 1932)
2 specimens
original and current combination Adenota recki
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya State/province:Rift Valley County:West Turkana
Coordinates: 4.1° North, 35.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.4° North, 35.5° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Gelasian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper Pliocene
*International age/stage:Gelasian (minimum)
Key time interval:Gelasian
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Omo Formation:Nachukui Member:Kalochoro
Local bed:below KBS Tuff
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Kalochoro Tuff (2.36 +/- 0.05) and KBS Tuff (1.88 +/- 0.02); KBS Tuff also dated by Ar/Ar radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: medium-fine grained, ETE lithology comments: also silt, clay, conglomerate, and dolo-mite
Environment:lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
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 102, KG1, Kangaki I,
Database number:21305
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1991-05-31 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1991-05-31 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]