List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Sindacharax sp.
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Hemicypris sp.
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Stenocypris sp.
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Sclerocypris clavularis
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Labeo sp.
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116 specimens | |||||||||
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Hyperopsius sp.
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Schwartz 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Distochodus sp.
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Ilyocyprididae
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Ilyocypris gibba
(Ramdohr 1808)
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Limnocytheridae
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Limnocythere africana
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Cytherideidae
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Cyprideis torosa
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Darwinulidae
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Darwinula stevensoni
(Brady and Robertson 1870)
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatis africana
Dartevelle and Casier 1959
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| ETE occurrence; species: A-E.Turkana | ||||||||||
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Dasyatis africana
Dartevelle and Casier 1959
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15 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: B-E.Turkana | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Aepyceros melampus
(Lichtenstein 1812)
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Kobus ancystrocera
(Arambourg 1947)
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| original and current combination Redunca ancystrocera | ||||||||||
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Pelorovis turkanensis
Harris 1991
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Isaac 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Cladistia
- Polypteriformes
- Polypteridae
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Polypterus sp.
Lacépède 1803
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Schwartz 1983 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Osteoglossiformes
- Gymnarchidae
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Gymnarchus niloticus
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Schwartz 1983 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Mochokidae
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Synodontis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Schwartz 1983 | 17 specimens | ||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Characiformes
- Alestidae
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Hydrocynus sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Schwartz 1983 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Cyprinidae
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Barbus sp.
Cuvier and Cloquet 1816
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Schwartz 1983 | 396 specimens | ||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Tetraodontidae
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Tetrodon sp.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Schwartz 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| original and current combination Tetraodon | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 3.9° North, 36.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.8° North, 36.1° East |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Koobi Fora | Member: | KBS | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: KBS and Okote Tuffs radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: laminated, ETE lithology comments: very fine-grained sand, carbonate, med-grained sand | |||
| Environment: | dry floodplain | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: dry_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: . | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 1455 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 225, 224, 142, 136, 134, 126, ; ETE museum list: MUSEUMS OF, NATIONAL | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 234, Area 107 - KBS, | ||
| Database number: | 21421 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | ||
| Created: | 1993-02-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-04-05 04:38:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-05 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4469. | ETE 104 | J. 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:
| 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] |
| 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] |