East Turkana - Area 105 - Upper Burgi: Gelasian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Sindacharax sp.
Pelecypodichnus tracefos
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Labeo sp.
Schwartz 1983 40 specimens
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
Harris 1983 4 specimens
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
Beden 1983 13 specimens
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
E. recki shungurensis
Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970
Beden 1983 4 specimens
L. adaurora kararae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Eisenmann 1983 9 specimens
Equus koobiforensis
Eisenmann 1983 7 specimens
Equus cf. koobiforensis
Eisenmann 1983 1 specimen
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum
Eisenmann 1983 4 specimens
Hipparion cornelianum
Eisenmann 1983 1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
Harris 1983 2 specimens
C. simum germanoafricanum
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon aethiopicus Coryndon and Coppens 1975
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928
Harris 1991 3 specimens
Hexaprotodon karumensis Coryndon 1977
Harris 1991 11 specimens
recombined as Hippopotamus karumensis
Mammalia - Suidae
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926
Harris 1983 13 specimens
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
Harris 1983 11 specimens
Notochoerus scotti (Leakey 1943)
Harris 1983 10 specimens
original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
Harris 1991 5 specimens
Medium-sized Alcelaphini dentitions
Megalotragus isaaci
Harris 1991 13 specimens
Connochaetes gentryi Harris 1991
Harris 1991 43 specimens
Damaliscus eppsi Harris 1991
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
Harris 1991 6 specimens
Reducini gen. and sp. indet.
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941
Harris 1991 10 specimens
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941
Harris 1991 9 specimens
Hippotragus gigas Leakey 1965
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Harris 1991 5 specimens
Gazella cf. janenschi
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Gazella praethomsoni Arambourg 1947
Harris 1991 5 specimens
Pelorovis turkanensis Harris 1991
Harris 1991 2 specimens
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863
Harris 1991 3 specimens
Tragelaphini gen. and sp. indet.
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
Harris 1991 4 specimens
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
Harris 1991 3 specimens
"Tragelaphus aff. T. strepsiceros maryanus"
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941
Harris 1991 4 specimens
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Sivatherium maurusium (Pomel 1893)
Harris 1991 1 specimen
original and current combination Libytherium maurusium
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-E.Turkana
Cercopithecoides kimeui Leakey 1982
1 specimen
Cercopithecoides williamsi Mollet 1947
1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825
ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae
Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
Tetrodon sp. (Linnaeus 1758)
Schwartz 1983 10 specimens
original and current combination Tetraodon
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816
Schwartz 1983 29 specimens
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816
Schwartz 1983 16 specimens
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchus niloticus
Schwartz 1983 3 specimens
Cladistia - Polypteriformes - Polypteridae
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959
115 specimens
unclassified
Antidorcas recki (Schwartz 1932)
Harris 1991 5 specimens
original and current combination Adenota recki
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 4.1° North, 36.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.6° North, 36.2° East
Geographic resolution:basin
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
Formation:Koobi Fora Member:Upper Burgi
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: ages based on Lokalalei and KBS tuffs radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: silt pebbles, ETE lithology comments: brown mudstone, carbonate conglomerate
Environment:wet floodplain Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lower member=fluvial,upper=lacustrine, deltaic
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:764 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 123, 121, 88, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 211, Area 105 - Upper Burgi,
Database number:21398
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, V. Egerton
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Collections that are a subset of this one:32120
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:

4447.ETE 81M. G. Leakey. 1982. Extinct large Colobines from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58:153-172 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]

Secondary references:

10215ETE M. Beden. 1983. Family Elephantidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:40-129 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
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]
10231ETE J. M. Harris. 1983. Family Rhinocerotidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:130-155 [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]
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]
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]
4760ETE 445H. L. Schwartz. 1983. Paleoecology of Late Cenozoic Fishes from the Turkana Basin, Northern Kenya. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]