ammonites
East Turkana - Area 116 - Upper Burgi (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 292, Area 116 - Upper Burgi,

Where: Kenya (4.1° N, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 4.5° N, 36.1° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Burgi Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Lokalalei tuff, Min = KBS Tuff radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: upper member=deltaic, pollen suggests lacustrine
• ETE rock type adj: light-colored, ETE lithology comments: dark olive claystone, fine and medium grained sandstone, siltstone

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 17, ; 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 [K. Behrensmeyer/K. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton] more details

PaleoDB collection 21478: authorized by Kay Behrensmeyer, entered by Kay Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1993