East Turkana - Area 131 Okote FxJj20M: Calabrian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Bunn 1997 | 4154 specimens | ||||||||
| Non-identifiable | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bunn 1997 | 4372 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Theropithecus oswaldi
(Andrews 1916)
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Papio sp.
Erxleben 1777
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Bunn 1997 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
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Colobus sp.
Illiger 1811
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Rodentia indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Bunn 1997 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Thryonomyidae
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Thryonomys indet.
Fitzinger 1867
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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cf. Felidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Bunn 1997 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Hipparion indet.
de Christol 1832
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Bunn 1997 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Diceros bicornis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Bunn 1997 | 18 specimens | ||||||||
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Hexaprotodon karumensis
Coryndon 1977
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| recombined as Hippopotamus karumensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Bunn 1997 | 4 individuals | ||||||||
| At least 4 different species. | ||||||||||
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Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Reduncini indet.
Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Kobus ellipsiprymnus
(Ogilby 1833)
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| original and current combination Antilope ellipsiprymnus | ||||||||||
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Tragelaphini indet.
Blyth 1863
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Tragelaphus strepsiceros
(Pallas 1766)
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Bunn 1997 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
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Metridiochoerus andrewsi
Hopwood 1926
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Proboscidea
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Proboscidea indet.
Illiger 1811
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Bunn 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus indet.
Laurenti 1768
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Cladistia
- Polypteriformes
- Polypteridae
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Polypterus indet.
Lacépède 1803
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Clariidae
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Clarias indet.
Scopoli 1777
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Bunn 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 4.2° North, 36.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.1° North, 36.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Calabrian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Quaternary - Early/Lower Quaternary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Pleistocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene |
| Key time interval: | Calabrian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 1.80000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Omo | Formation: | Koobi Fora | Member: | Okote |
| Stratigraphy comments: Datum plane: conglomerate sandstone. Top of section 0 meters, bottom of section -12.2 meters. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | burrows poorly lithified sandstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | tuffaceous poorly lithified sandy,conglomeratic mudstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: Sandstone, sandy mudstone with gravelly and tuffaceious layers, calcareous sandstone and mudstone. | |||
| Environment: | deltaic indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: Fluvial-deltaic; channel floodplain. Channel and overbank deposits of floodplain. Tropical open climate. Mixture of open grasslands, bushlands, gallery forest and aquatic habitats. | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | extreme |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,sieve,field collection |
| Collection size: | 4574 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 32060 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | D. Reed, V. Egerton |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | ||
| Created: | 2003-06-03 13:54:29 | Last modified: | 2022-04-05 05:02:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-06-03 13:54:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8610. | ETE | G. L. Isaac. 1997. Koobi Fora Research Project Volume 5 Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology. [A. Behrensmeyer/S. Cote/S. Cote] |
Secondary references:
| 10211 | ETE | H. T. Bunn. 1997. The bone assemblages from the excavated sites. Koobi Fora Research Project: Plio-Pleistoene Archaeology 5:402-458 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton] |