East Turkana - Area 202 - General: Piacenzian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Centropomidae
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Lates sp.
Cuvier 1828
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Clariidae
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Clarias sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Cladistia
- Polypteriformes
- Polypteridae
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Polypterus sp.
Lacépède 1803
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Crocodylus niloticus
Laurenti 1768
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Euthecodon brumpti
(Joleaud 1920)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone sp.
Fitzinger 1835
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Dipnomorpha
- Lepidosirenidae
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Protopterus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 3.8° North, 36.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.6° North, 36.0° East |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| *International age/stage: | Gelasian (minimum) | ||
| Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Koobi Fora | Member: | Indet. | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Lokochot Tuff (3.5+-.10ma), Min = Lokalalei Tuff (2.52+-.-5ma) radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0 | |||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 9 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 123, ; ETE museum list: KNM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 353, Area 202 - General, | ||
| Database number: | 21538 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | ||
| Created: | 1994-05-17 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-04-05 04:44:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-05-17 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] |