East Turkana - Area 104 - Upper Burgi: Gelasian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825
Isaac 1997 1 specimen
ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum
Eisenmann 1983 1 specimen
Equus indet. Linnaeus 1758
Eisenmann 1983 1 specimen
Equus koobiforensis
Eisenmann 1983 1 specimen
Mammalia - Suidae
Notochoerus scotti (Leakey 1943)
Harris 1983 1 specimen
original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926
Harris 1983 9 specimens
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
Harris 1983 5 specimens
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon karumensis Coryndon 1977
Harris 1991 1 specimen
recombined as Hippopotamus karumensis
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet. (small)
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions
Megalotragus isaaci
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Reduncini gen. and sp. indet.
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941
Harris 1991 3 specimens
Kobus ancystrocera (Arambourg 1947)
Harris 1991 1 specimen
original and current combination Redunca ancystrocera
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet.
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa pygmaea Harris 1976
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Sivatherium maurusium (Pomel 1893)
Harris 1991 1 specimen
original and current combination Libytherium maurusium
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
Harris 1983 1 specimen
unclassified
Antidorcas recki (Schwartz 1932)
Harris 1991 1 specimen
original and current combination Adenota recki
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 4.0° North, 36.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.9° North, 36.1° East
Geographic resolution:basin
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:2.58800 - 1.80600 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Koobi Fora Member:Upper Burgi
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: dates based on KBS and Lokalei Tuff radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination claystone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: light-color, ETE lithology comments: dark olive claystone, siltstones, fine-grained sandstones, red paleosol, fine-grained sequence
Environment:lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: deltaic in upper member
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:45 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 124, 123, 88, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 188, Area 104 - Upper Burgi,
Database number:21376
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1993-02-12 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-12 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4469.ETE 104J. M. Harris. 1983. Koobi Fora Research Project The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Suidae. Clarendon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom 2 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton]

Secondary references:

10216ETE V. Eisenmann. 1983. Family Equidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:156-214 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10217ETE J. M. Harris. 1983. Family Suidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:215-302 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10214ETE J. M. Harris. 1983. Family Deinotheriidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:22-39 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10318ETE J. M. Harris. 1991. Family Hippopotamidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls, and Palaeoenvironments 3:31-85 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10320ETE J. M. Harris. 1991. Family Giraffidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls, and Palaeoenvironments 3:93-138 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10321ETE J. M. Harris. 1991. Family Bovidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls, and Palaeoenvironments 3:139-320 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
8610ETE G. L. Isaac. 1997. Koobi Fora Research Project Volume 5 Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology. [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/S. Cote]