East Turkana - Area 118 - 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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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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Beden 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Reduncini indet.
Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Reduncini gen. and sp. indet. | ||||||||||
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Kobus sigmoidalis
Arambourg 1941
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Harris 1991 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Kolpochoerus limnetes
(Hopwood 1926)
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Harris 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Notochoerus scotti
(Leakey 1943)
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Harris 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Osteoglossiformes
- Gymnarchidae
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Gymnarchus niloticus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Characiformes
- Alestidae
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Hydrocynus sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Cyprinidae
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Barbus sp.
Cuvier and Cloquet 1816
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatis africana
Dartevelle and Casier 1959
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37 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 4.1° North, 36.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.0° North, 36.2° 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: | planar lamination,red or brown claystone | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: light-colored, ETE lithology comments: dark olive claystones, siltstones, fine-medium grained sandstones | |||
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: deltaic in upper part of member | |||
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 80 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 234, ; ETE museum list: KNM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 300, Area 118 - Upper Burgi, | ||
| Database number: | 21486 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
| Created: | 1993-05-20 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-10-06 12:35:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-05-20 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] |
| 10217 | ETE | 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] |
| 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] |