East Turkana - Area 206 - Lokochot: Piacenzian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta exoptata
Dietrich 1941
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Beden 1983 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Menelikia leakeyi
Harris 1991
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Simatherium cf. kohllarseni
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 3.8° North, 36.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.6° North, 36.0° East |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| *International age/stage: | Piacenzian (minimum) | ||
| Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Koobi Fora | Member: | Lokochot | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Lokochot and Tulu Bor Tuffs radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "cross stratification" sandstone | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: siltstones, mudstones | |||
| 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: . | |||
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 2 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 281, 280, 279, 278, 277, 276, 259, 258, 234, 151, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 243, Area 206 - Lokochot, | ||
| Database number: | 21430 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, V. Egerton |
| Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
| Created: | 1992-12-31 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-10-06 12:35:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-12-31 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:
| 10215 | ETE | 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] |
| 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] |