East Turkana - Area 117 - Tulu Bor/Lower Burgi: Gelasian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium bozasi
Arambourg 1934
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Harris 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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Beden 1983 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Notochoerus euilus
(Hopwood 1926)
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Harris 1983 | 25 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus | ||||||||||
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Kolpochoerus limnetes
(Hopwood 1926)
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Harris 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Nyanzachoerus kanamensis
Leakey 1958
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Harris 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Notochoerus scotti
(Leakey 1943)
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Harris 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| original and current combination Gerontochoerus scotti | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion hasumense
Eisenmann 1983
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Eisenmann 1983 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Eurygnathohippus hasumense | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
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: | Tulu Bor/Lower Burgi | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Mas = Tulu Bor Tuff, Min = Lokalalei Tuff radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: fines up to claystone, cyclic sedimentation, L.Burgi-brief lacustrine episode, molluscan packstones | |||
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: predominantly fluvial | |||
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 45 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 234, ; ETE museum list: KNM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 302, Area 117-Tulu Bor/Lower Burgi, | ||
| Database number: | 21488 | ||
| 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] |
| 10216 | ETE | 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] |
| 10214 | ETE | 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] |
| 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] |