East Turkana - Area 117 - Lokochot/Tulu Bor: Piacenzian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
Beden 1983 19 specimens
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: brumpti
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
Harris 1983 6 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion hasumense Eisenmann 1983
Eisenmann 1983 4 specimens
recombined as Eurygnathohippus hasumense
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium praecox
Harris 1983 3 specimens
Mammalia - Suidae
Potamochoerus porcus (Linnaeus 1758)
Harris 1983 3 specimens
Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
Harris 1983 8 specimens
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958
Harris 1983 5 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 4.1° North, 36.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.8° 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/Tulu Bor
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max = Lokochot Tuff, Min = Burgi Tuff radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: Lokochot-coarsening up cycles, clay to silt to sand, Tulu Bor-fining up cycles, sand to silt and clay
Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Lokochot=deltaic/prodeltaT.Bor=fluvial
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:48 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: ; ETE museum list: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 296, Area 117 - Lokochot/Tulu Bor,
Database number:21482
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1993-05-19 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1993-05-19 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4469.ETE 104J. 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:

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]
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]
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]