List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa sp.
Brisson 1762
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Pelorovis oldowayensis
Reck 1928
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Harris 1991 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 4.3° North, 36.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.2° North, 36.0° East |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Koobi Fora | Member: | KBS | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: KBS and Okote Tuffs |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: detrital clastic and bioclastic units, sand | |||
| Environment: | fluvial indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lacustrine = ephemeral events | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 3 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 234, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 258, Area 3 - KBS, | ||
| Database number: | 21444 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | ||
| Created: | 1993-01-08 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-04-05 04:15:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-01-08 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] |
Secondary references:
| 10321 | ETE | 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] |
| 10320 | ETE | 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] |