Also known as ETE Locality 1341, Koro Toro 13, Koro Toro - KT 13,
Where: Chad (16.0° N, 18.9° E: paleocoordinates 15.9° N, 18.7° E)
When: Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Biochron,fauna like Hadar"
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•The associated mammal fauna first gives an estimated age at about 3–3.5 Ma in KT12 (Brunet et al., 1995, 1997). Then, cosmogenic nuclide dating of the argileous pelites that yielded the holotype fossil of Australopithecus bahrel- ghazali provided an age of 3.58 +/- 0.27 Ma in KT12 (Lebatard et al., 2008).
Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 482, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: M. Brunet, A. Beauvilain, Y. Coppens, E. Heintz, A. H. E. Moutaye and D. Pilbeam. 1995. The first australopithecine 2500 kilometres west of the Rift Valley (Chad). Nature 378:273-275 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22506: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.04.2000, edited by Matthew Clapham
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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"Hipparion cf. hasumense" = Eurygnathohippus hasumense
"Hipparion cf. hasumense" = Eurygnathohippus hasumense Eisenmann 1983 hipparionine horse | |
Ceratotherium cf. praecox white rhino | |
Hexaprotodon sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836 pygmy hippo | |
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
Giraffa cf. gracilis giraffe
Sivatherium sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836 giraffe | |
Gazella sp., Syncerus sp., Kobus "sp. large tail nov.sp.A", Kobus "sp. tail moyenne,nov.sp.B", Antidorcas sp., Hippotragini indet., Alcelaphini indet., cf. Parmularius sp. n. sp.
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Syncerus sp. Hodgson 1847 African buffalo
Kobus "sp. tail moyenne,nov.sp.B" Smith 1840 antelope ETE occurrence; species: "tail moyenne,nov.sp.B"
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok
cf. Parmularius sp. n. sp. Hopwood 1934 antelope | |
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus, Kolpochoerus afarensis
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog | |
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Hyaena sp. Brisson 1762 hyaena | |
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Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine | |
Reptilia | |
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Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle | |
"Crocodylus lloidi" = Rimasuchus lloydi
"Crocodylus lloidi" = Rimasuchus lloydi Fourtau 1918 crocodile | |
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Aves | |
cf. Leptoptilos "sp. B" Lesson 1831 stork | |
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Actinopteri | |
Lates sp. Cuvier 1828 lates |