East Turkana - Area 123 - Upper Burgi: Gelasian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Sindacharax sp.
Schwartz 1983
Labeo sp.
26 specimens
Hyperopsius sp.
1 specimen
Hemicypris sp.
1 specimen
Stenocypris sp.
1 specimen
Sclerocypris clavularis
1 specimen
Plesiocypridopsis newtoni
1 specimen
Sclerocypris jenkinae
1 specimen
Bacillariophyceae - Rhopalodiales - Rhopalodiaceae
Rhopalodia cf. vermicularis
ETE occurrence; species: Diatom
Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Cylindrophymatidae
Coscinodiscus sp. Schrammen 1937
ETE occurrence; species: diatom
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Cyprideis torosa
1 specimen
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Limnocytheridae
Limnocythere africana
1 specimen
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Lymnocytheridae
Gomphocythere angulata
1 specimen
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Darwinulidae
Darwinula stevensoni (Brady and Robertson 1870)
1 specimen
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cyprididae
Cypris sp. Müller 1776
1 specimen
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Ilyocyprididae
Ilyocypris gibba (Ramdohr 1808)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon karumensis Coryndon 1977
Harris 1991 2 specimens
recombined as Hippopotamus karumensis
Mammalia - Suidae
Notochoerus scotti (Leakey 1943)
Harris 1983 2 specimens
original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti
Mammalia - Bovidae
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941
Harris 1991 5 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982
1 specimen
Cercopithecoides williamsi Mollet 1947
2 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825
Isaac 1997 1 specimen
Hominidae gen. et sp. indet.
Homo habilis Leakey et al. 1964
Isaac 1997 3 specimens
Homo cf. erectus (Dubois 1892)
Isaac 1997 1 specimen
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
Tetrodon sp. (Linnaeus 1758)
Schwartz 1983 1 specimen
original and current combination Tetraodon
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816
Schwartz 1983 10 specimens
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816
Schwartz 1983 6 specimens
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
Schwartz 1983
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959
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 414C. S. Feibel. 1988. Paleoenvironments of the Koobi Fora Formation, Turkana Basin, Northern Kenya. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

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]
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]
8610ETE G. L. Isaac. 1997. Koobi Fora Research Project Volume 5 Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology. [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/S. Cote]
4760ETE 445H. L. Schwartz. 1983. Paleoecology of Late Cenozoic Fishes from the Turkana Basin, Northern Kenya. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]