East Turkana - Area 131 - Okote: Calabrian, 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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informal Hystricid sp.
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Black and Krishtalka 1986 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Tetraodontidae
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Tetrodon sp.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Tetraodon | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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Black and Krishtalka 1986 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Hominidae indet.
Gray 1825
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| ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae | ||||||||||
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Australopithecus boisei
Leakey 1959
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Paranthropus boisei | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Thryonomyidae
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Thryonomys sp.
Fitzinger 1867
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Black 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ctenodactylidae
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Pectinator sp.
Blyth 1856
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Black 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Black 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Dipodidae
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Jaculus orientalis
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Black and Krishtalka 1986 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Aethomys sp.
Thomas 1915
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Black and Krishtalka 1986 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Tatera sp.
Lataste 1882
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Black 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Arvicanthis sp.
Lesson 1842
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Black 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 4.2° North, 36.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.1° North, 36.3° East |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Calabrian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *International age/stage: | Calabrian (minimum) | ||
| Key time interval: | Calabrian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 1.80000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Koobi Fora | Member: | Okote | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Okote Tuff, Min = Chari Tuff radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: mudstones, caliche, basal cobble conglomerate | |||
| Environment: | wet floodplain | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: small fluvial channel complex, pollen=fluvial | |||
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 11 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: ; ETE museum list: KNM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 321, Area 131 - Okote, | ||
| Database number: | 21507 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth, V. Egerton |
| Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
| Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-10-06 12:35:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4447. | ETE 81 | M. G. Leakey. 1982. Extinct large Colobines from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58:153-172 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |
Secondary references:
| 4762 | ETE 447 | C. C. Black. 1984. Systematics and Paleoecology of small vertebrates from the Plio-Pleistocene deposits east of Lake Turkana, Kenya. National Geographic Society Research Reports 16:111-113 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton] |
| 4734 | ETE 413 | L. Black and L. Krishtalka. 1986. Rodents, Bats and Insectivores from the Plio-Pleistocene Sediments to the East of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Contributions in Science 372:1-15 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |