East Turkana - Area 117 - Upper Burgi: Gelasian, Kenya
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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Labeo sp.
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Actinopteri
- Characiformes
- Alestidae
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Hydrocynus sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatis africana
Dartevelle and Casier 1959
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 4.1° North, 36.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.8° 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: | 2.58000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Koobi Fora | Member: | Upper Burgi | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Lokalalei Tuff, Min = KBS Tuff radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: light color, ETE lithology comments: upward-coarsening cycles, conglomerate | |||
| Environment: | deltaic indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: . | |||
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 21 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: ; ETE museum list: KNM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 297, Area 117 - Upper Burgi, | ||
| Database number: | 21483 | ||
| 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:
| 4488. | ETE 123 | I. McDougall. 1985. K/Ar and 40Ar/39Ar Dating of the Hominid-Bearing Plio-Pleistocene Sequence at Koobi Fora, Lake Turkana, Northern Kenya. Geological Society of America Bulletin 96:159-175 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |