West Turkana - Lomekwi III: Gelasian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
2 specimens
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: brumpti
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
3 specimens
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
6 specimens
Mammalia - Suidae
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926
1 specimen
Notochoerus scotti (Leakey 1943)
4 specimens
original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
1 specimen
Mammalia - Bovidae
Aepyceros shungurae Gentry 1985
2 specimens
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-sm
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894
1 specimen
Kobus oricornis
1 specimen
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.C-W.Turkana
Tragelaphus scriptus (Pallas 1766)
1 specimen
Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Turkana sp. nov.
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Sivatherium maurusium (Pomel 1893)
1 specimen
original and current combination Libytherium maurusium
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae-med.
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: 3.9° North, 35.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.8° North, 35.5° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Gelasian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Middle - 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:Lomekwi
Local bed:above Emekwi Tuff/ below Lokal
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Lokalalei Tuff (2.52 +/- 0.05) and Tulu Bor Tuff (3.36 +/- 0.04) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: see Upper Lomekwi Fauna
Environment:fluvial indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: upward fining cycles in- clude paleosols
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 152, LO3, Lomekwi III,
Database number:21353
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1991-06-14 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1991-06-14 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]