Ekora: Zanclean, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Reptilia
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Euthecodon sp.
Fortau 1920
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone sp.
Fitzinger 1835
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Podocnemididae
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Podocnemis sp.
Wagler 1830
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| ETE occurrence; species: Lothagam A | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta adaurora
Maglio 1970
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Elephas ekorensis
Maglio 1970
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Anancus sp.
Aymard 1855
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Nyanzachoerus cf. plicatus
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Ceratotherium praecox
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya | State/province: | Turkana District |
| Coordinates: | 2.6° North, 36.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.4° North, 35.7° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Tertiary - Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene (minimum) |
| *International age/stage: | Zanclian | ||
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: max based on age of underlying Kanapoi basalt radiometric intage_max, |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: coarse, ETE lithology comments: . | |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: . | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 0 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KNM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 134, Ekora, | ||
| Database number: | 21335 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | ||
| Created: | 1991-06-10 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-08-09 12:17:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1991-06-10 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4648. | ETE 290 | B. Patterson, A. K. Behrensmeyer, and W.D. Sill. 1970. Geology and Fauna of a New Pliocene Locality in North- western Kenya. Nature 226:918-921 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |