East Turkana - Area 202 - Lower Burgi: Gelasian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Sindacharax sp.
Labeo sp.
Hyperopsius sp.
Hemicypris sp.
ETE occurrence; species: ostracod
Bacillariophyceae - Melosirales - Melosiraceae
Melosira cf. granulata
ETE occurrence; species: diatom
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Cyprideis torosa
ETE occurrence; species: ostracod
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchus niloticus
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 3.8° North, 36.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.7° 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:2.58800 - 1.80600 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Koobi Fora Member:Lower Burgi
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Burgi Tuff (2.68+-.06ma), Min = Lokalalei Tuff (2.52+-.05ma) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green claystone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: green, ETE lithology comments: sandstones, diatomites
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:40 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 123, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 352, Area 202 - Lower Burgi,
Database number:21537
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1994-05-17 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1994-05-17 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4488.ETE 123I. 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]