East Turkana - Area 202 - General (Pliocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 353, Area 202 - General,

Where: Kenya (3.8° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.6° N, 36.0° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Indet. Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Lokochot Tuff (3.5+-.10ma), Min = Lokalalei Tuff (2.52+-.-5ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 123, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21538: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 17.05.1994

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Ceratodontiformes - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus sp.
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp.
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp., Crocodylus niloticus, Euthecodon brumpti
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile
Euthecodon brumpti Joleaud 1920 crocodile
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp.
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates sp.
Lates sp. Cuvier 1828 lates
Cladistia
 Polypteriformes - Polypteridae
Polypterus sp.
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir