West Turkana - Kalakodo: Gelasian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
cf. Lycaeon sp.
1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
2 specimens
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
Mammalia - Carnivora
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Sivatherium maurusium (Pomel 1893)
1 specimen
original and current combination Libytherium maurusium
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon protoamphibius
8 specimens
Mammalia - Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
2 specimens
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926
1 specimen
Notochoerus scotti (Leakey 1943)
1 specimen
original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Gazella praethomsoni Arambourg 1947
1 specimen
Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Turkana sp. nov.
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
1 specimen
Aepyceros cf. melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
1 specimen
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-medium
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-large
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941
7 specimens
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
6 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-sm
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Equidae
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum
1 specimen
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
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: 4.1° North, 35.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.0° 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 dated by K/Ar and 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 and clay
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, 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: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 141, KK, Kalakodo,
Database number:21342
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1991-06-12 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1991-06-12 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]