West Turkana - Nachukui I: Calabrian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Theropithecus oswaldi
(Andrews 1916)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Crocuta crocuta
(Erxleben 1777)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae | ||||||||||
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Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell 1821)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus aethiopicus
Coryndon and Coppens 1975
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Hippopotamus gorgops
Dietrich 1928
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa sp.
Brisson 1762
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Caprini C-W.Turkana | ||||||||||
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Aepyceros cf. melampus
(Lichtenstein 1812)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-med | ||||||||||
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Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-sm | ||||||||||
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cf. Megalotragus sp.
van Hoepen 1932
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reduncini indet.
Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-medium | ||||||||||
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Reduncini indet.
Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-large | ||||||||||
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Kobus ellipsiprymnus
(Ogilby 1833)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Antilope ellipsiprymnus | ||||||||||
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Syncerus cf. caffer
(Sparman 1779)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Bos caffer | ||||||||||
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Tragelaphus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Taurotragus sp. | ||||||||||
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Tragelaphus scriptus
(Pallas 1766)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Kolpochoerus majus
(Hopwood 1934)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Kolpochoerus limnetes
(Hopwood 1926)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Metridiochoerus modestus
(van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Metridiochoerus compactus
Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: recki | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya | State/province: | Rift Valley | County: | West Turkana |
| Coordinates: | 4.2° North, 35.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.2° North, 35.7° East |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Calabrian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Quaternary - Quaternary | *Epoch: | Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene (minimum) |
| Key time interval: | Calabrian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 1.80000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Omo | Formation: | Nachukui | Member: | Nariokotome | Local bed: | above Chari Tuff |
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Lower Nariokotome Tuff (1.33 +/- 0.03) and Kale Tuff(nearest date on Silbo Tuff - 0.74 +/- 0.01 - K/Ar and Ar/Ar radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: coarse-grained, ETE lithology comments: also volcanic clast conglomerates and siltstone; poorly-sorted | |||
| 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 146, NC1, Nachukui I, | ||
| Database number: | 21347 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth |
| Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
| Created: | 1991-06-13 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-10-06 12:35:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1991-06-13 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] |