East Turkana - Area 123 - Upper Burgi: Gelasian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Sindacharax sp.
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Schwartz 1983 | |||||||||
Labeo sp.
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26 specimens | |||||||||
Hyperopsius sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Hemicypris sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Stenocypris sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Sclerocypris clavularis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Plesiocypridopsis newtoni
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Sclerocypris jenkinae
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bacillariophyceae
- Rhopalodiales
- Rhopalodiaceae
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Rhopalodia cf. vermicularis
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ETE occurrence; species: Diatom | ||||||||||
Demospongiae
- Tetralithistida
- Cylindrophymatidae
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Coscinodiscus sp.
Schrammen 1937
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ETE occurrence; species: diatom | ||||||||||
Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Cytherideidae
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Cyprideis torosa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Limnocytheridae
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Limnocythere africana
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Lymnocytheridae
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Gomphocythere angulata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Darwinulidae
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Darwinula stevensoni
(Brady and Robertson 1870)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Cyprididae
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Cypris sp.
Müller 1776
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Ilyocyprididae
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Ilyocypris gibba
(Ramdohr 1808)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hexaprotodon karumensis
Coryndon 1977
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Harris 1991 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Hippopotamus karumensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Notochoerus scotti
(Leakey 1943)
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Harris 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Kobus sigmoidalis
Arambourg 1941
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Harris 1991 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Rhinocolobus turkanaensis
Leakey 1982
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cercopithecoides williamsi
Mollet 1947
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Hominidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Isaac 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Hominidae gen. et sp. indet. | ||||||||||
Homo habilis
Leakey et al. 1964
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Isaac 1997 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Homo cf. erectus
(Dubois 1892)
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Isaac 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Tetraodontidae
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Tetrodon sp.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Schwartz 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
original and current combination Tetraodon | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Cyprinidae
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Barbus sp.
Cuvier and Cloquet 1816
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Schwartz 1983 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Mochokidae
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Synodontis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Schwartz 1983 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Characiformes
- Alestidae
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Hydrocynus sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Schwartz 1983 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatis africana
Dartevelle and Casier 1959
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ETE occurrence; species: A-E.Turkana | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Kenya |
Coordinates: | 3.9° North, 36.4° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 3.8° North, 36.1° East |
Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
Stage: | Gelasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
*Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | 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: Lokalalei and KBS Tuffs radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | siltstone | ||
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: ostracod sands, silty diatomites | |||
Environment: | lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: closed, littoral |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 352 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 214, 213, 212, 211, 210, 209, 208, 207, 206, 205, 204, 203, 202, 152, 126, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 231, Area 123 - Upper Burgi, | ||
Database number: | 21418 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
Created: | 1993-05-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-10-06 12:35:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-05-21 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
4735. | ETE 414 | C. S. Feibel. 1988. Paleoenvironments of the Koobi Fora Formation, Turkana Basin, Northern Kenya. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
10217 | ETE | 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] |
10321 | ETE | 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] |
10318 | ETE | 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] |
8610 | ETE | G. L. Isaac. 1997. Koobi Fora Research Project Volume 5 Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology. [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/S. Cote] |
4760 | ETE 445 | H. L. Schwartz. 1983. Paleoecology of Late Cenozoic Fishes from the Turkana Basin, Northern Kenya. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |