West Turkana - Nariokotome III (NK3) HS: Gelasian - Calabrian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Sclerocypris clavularis
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Potamophloios indet.
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Indet. Spongillidae
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Plesiocypridopsis newtoni
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Ovata ovata
41 specimens
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
ETE occurrence; species: Cyprinidae
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Claroteidae
Clarotes sp. Kner 1855
Actinopteri - Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840
ETE occurrence; species: Cichlidae
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: Aves
Reptilia - Varanidae
Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus 1766)
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868
ETE occurrence; species: Pelomedusidae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus aethiopicus Coryndon and Coppens 1975
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Bovidae
Megalotragus sp. van Hoepen 1932
Mammalia - Suidae
Metridiochoerus sp. Hopwood 1926
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo erectus (Dubois 1892)
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Cyprideis torosa
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Darwinulidae
Darwinula stevensoni (Brady and Robertson 1870)
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Ilyocyprididae
Ilyocypris gibba (Ramdohr 1808)
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 4.3° North, 35.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.2° North, 35.6° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*International age/stage:Gelasian - Calabrian
Key time interval:Gelasian - Calabrian
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Omo Formation:Nachukui Member:Natoo
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age=1.88 +/- .02 ;min age=1.39 +/- .02 radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: clyst/sltst/sst/tuff
Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: floodplain ETE event: flood, ETE env comment: "fluc floodbasin,marsh,lake"
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:145 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 933, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1166, Nariokotome III, NK 3, Nariokotome III (NK3) HS,
Database number:22342
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1999-08-23 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-23 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4454.ETE 88J. M. Harris, F.H. Brown, and M.G. Leakey. 1988. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of pliocene and Pleistocene Localities West of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 399:1-128 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]