Olorgesailie - P/10: Pleistocene, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae | ||||||||||
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Redunca sp.
Smith 1827
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 1.6° South, 36.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.6° South, 36.4° East |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Quaternary - Quaternary | *Epoch: | Pleistocene - Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene |
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Olorgesailie | Member: | 7 | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 0 radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: unconsolidated, ETE lithology comments: pale yellow volc. silts, diatomaceous silts, paleosol horizon with partial alteration of underlying seds. to green clay | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 2 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 488, 483, 482, 479, 478, 477, 456, 121, ; ETE museum list: KNM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 665, Olorgesailie - P/10, | ||
| Database number: | 21847 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
| Created: | 1996-03-14 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1996-03-14 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4919. | ETE 631 | C. P. Koch. 1986. The Vertebrate Taphonomy and Paleoecology of the Olorgesailie Formation (Middle Pleistocene, Kenya). [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 4871 | ETE 581 | G. L. Isaac. 1978. The Olorgesailie Formation: stratigraphy, tectonics and the paleogeographic context of the middle Pleistocene archaeological sites. In: Bishop, W. W. 1978. Geological Background to Fossil Man. London. Scottish Academic Press [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |