East Turkana - Area 261 - Lonyumun: Zanclean, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Sindacharax sp.
Labeo sp.
28 specimens
Distochodus sp.
4 specimens
Actinopteri - Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cichlidae
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816
4 specimens
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchus niloticus
235 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825
ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Tatera sp. Lataste 1882
1 specimen
Mastomys sp. Thomas 1915
1 specimen
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
cf. Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Mammalia - Soricidae
Crocidura cf. aithiops
1 specimen
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa pygmaea Harris 1976
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Mammalia - Bovidae
Tragelaphus kyaloae Harris 1991
Harris 1991 1 specimen
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hexaprotodon protoamphibius
Harris 1991 4 specimens
Dipnomorpha - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843
143 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 3.6° North, 36.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.4° North, 35.8° East
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary
*International age/stage:Zanclian (minimum)
Key time interval:Zanclean
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Koobi Fora Member:Lonyumun
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = basal basalt, Min = Moiti Tuff radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:"cross stratification" sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: med-coarse, ETE lithology comments: mudstone, pale-yellow brown in color
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ)
Collection size:1220 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 88, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 324, Area 261 - Lonyumum
Database number:21510
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
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:
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:

4730ETE 409J. M. Harris. 1991. Koobi Fora Research Project, Vol III, The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls and Paleoenvironments. Oxford University Press, New York [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]
10318ETE J. M. Harris. 1991. Family Hippopotamidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls, and Palaeoenvironments 3:31-85 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10320ETE J. M. Harris. 1991. Family Giraffidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls, and Palaeoenvironments 3:93-138 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]
10321ETE 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]