West Turkana - Lomekwi X: Gelasian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947
2 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
3 specimens
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion hasumense Eisenmann 1983
3 specimens
recombined as Eurygnathohippus hasumense
Mammalia - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Notochoerus scotti (Leakey 1943)
1 specimen
original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti
Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
3 specimens
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon protoamphibius
2 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-med
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-sm
Aepyceros shungurae Gentry 1985
2 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Dinofelis cf. barlowi Broom 1937
2 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Turkana sp. nov.
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
cf. Civettictis sp. Pocock 1915
1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
1 specimen
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: brumpti
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:2.58800 - 1.80600 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Omo Formation:Nachukui Member:Lomekwi
Local bed:below Emekwi Tuff
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: also silt and clay, volcanic clast con- glomerates; see Middle 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:27 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 9, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 154, LO10, Lomekwi X,
Database number:21355
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1991-06-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1991-06-18 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]