Taxon / Site / Original Specimens Studied? / Published Data
Proboscidea
Gomphotheriidae
Anancus kenyensis / Lothagam, Kenya / yes / Tassy 2003
Mpesida Beds, Kenya / yes / Tassy 1986
Middle Awash, Ethiopia / yes / Mebrate and Kalb 1985; Kalb and Mebrate 1993; Kalb and Froehlich 1995
Lemudong’o, Kenya / Saegusa and Hlusko 2007
Manonga Valley, Tanzania / yes / Sanders 1997
Kanam East and West, Kenya / yes / MacInnes 1942
Nkondo, Uganda / yes / Tassy 1995
Gona, Ethiopia / yes / Semaw et al. 2005
Endolele, Tanzania / yes / Sanders 2011
Galili, Ethiopia / Kullmer et al. 2008
Anancus ultimus / Tugen Hills, Kenya / yes / Hill et al. 1985, 1986
Lothagam, Kenya / yes / Tassy 2003
Nyawiega, Uganda / yes / Cooke and Coryndon 1970; Tassy 1995
Manonga Valley, Tanzania / yes / Sanders 1997
Middle Awash, Ethiopia / yes / Mebrate and Kalb 1985; Kalb and Mebrate 1993; Kalb and Froehlich 1995
Kakesio, Tanzania / yes / Sanders 2011
Kanapoi, Kenya / yes / Harris et al. 2003
Laetoli, Tanzania / yes / Sanders 2011
Elephantidae
Stegotetrabelodon syrticus / Sahabi, Libya / Petrocchi 1943, 1954; Maglio 1973; Sanders 2008
Stegotetrabelodon orbus / Lothagam, Kenya / yes / Maglio 1970b, 1973; Maglio and Ricca 1977; Tassy 2003
Tugen Hills, Kenya / yes / Hill et al. 1985, 1986; Tassy 1986
Manonga Valley / yes / Sanders 1997
Stegodibelodon schneideri / Menalla, Chad / Coppens 1972; Coppens et al. 1978
Kollé, Chad / Mackaye et al. 2005; Sanders et al. 2010
Primelephas korotorensis / Lothagam, Kenya / yes / Maglio 1970b, 1973; Maglio and Ricca 1977; Tassy 2003
Toros Menalla, Chad / Mackaye et al. 2008
Tugen Hills, Kenya / yes / Hill et al. 1985, 1986; Tassy 1986
Middle Awash, Ethiopia / yes / Mebrate 1983; Kalb and Mebrate 1993; Kalb 1995; Haile-Selassie 2001; Saegusa and Haile-Selassie 2009
Manonga Valley / yes / Sanders 1997
Nyabusosi and North and South Nyabrogo, Uganda / yes / Cooke and Coryndon 1970; Tassy 1995
Kossom Bougoudi and Kollé, Chad / Mackaye et al. 2008
Koulà and Kolinga, Chad / Coppens 1965, 1967; Maglio 1973; Coppens et al. 1978
Mammuthus subplanifrons / Middle Awash, Ethiopia / yes / Mebrate 1983; Kalb and Mebrate 1993; Haile-Selassie 2001
Langebaanweg, South Africa / yes / Maglio and Hendey 1970; Sanders 2006 2007
Mammuthus sp. / Middle Awash, Ethiopia / Saegusa and Haile-Selassie 2009
Mammuthus sp. “Hadar type” / Middle Awash, Ethiopia / yes / Beden 1979, 1985; White et al. 1984; Kalb and Froehlich 1995
Mammuthus africanavus / Lac Ichkeul, Tunisia / yes / Arambourg 1970; Maglio 1973; Sanders et al. 2010; Markov in press
Garet et Tir, Algeria / Arambourg 1970, Sanders et al. 2010; Markov in press
Aïn Brimba, Tunisia / Arambourg 1970, Sanders et al. 2010; Markov in press
Loxodonta cookei / Nkondo-Kaiso, Uganda / yes / Tassy 1995; Sanders 2007
Langebaanweg, South Africa / yes / Sanders 2006, 2007
Endolele, Tanzania / yes / Sanders 2011
Loxdonta exoptata / Kakesio, Tanzania / yes / Sanders 2011
Kanapoi, Kenya / yes / Harris et al. 2003
Allia Bay, Kenya / yes / Beden 1983
Laetoli, Tanzania / yes / Beden 1987b; Sanders 2011
West Turkana, Kenya / Harris et al. 1988
Omo, Ethiopia / Beden 1987a
Hadar, Ethiopia / yes / White et al. 1984; Kalb and Mebrate 1993
Loxodonta adaurora adaurora / Kanapoi, Kenya / yes / Maglio 1970b, 1973; Harris et al. 2003
Omo, Ethiopia / Beden 1987a
West Turkana, Kenya / Harris et al. 1988
Allia Bay, Kenya / yes / Beden 1983
Elephas ekorensis / Kanapoi, Kenya / yes / Harris et al. 2003
Ekora, Kenya / Maglio 1970b, 1973
Hadar, Ethiopia / yes / White et al. 1984
Omo, Ethiopia / Beden 1987a
Elephas recki brumpti / Koobi Fora and Allia Bay, Kenya / yes / Beden 1983
Omo, Ethiopia / Beden 1980, 1987a
West Turkana, Kenya / Harris et al. 1988
Middle Awash, Ethiopia / yes / Kalb and Mebrate 1993
Elephas recki shungurensis / Koobi Fora and Allia Bay, Kenya / yes / Beden 1983
Middle Awash, Ethiopia / yes / White et al. 1984
West Turkana, Kenya / Harris et al. 1988
Omo, Ethiopia / Beden 1980, 1987a
Elephas recki atavus / Omo, Ethiopia / Beden 1980, 1987a
Koobi Fora and Ileret, Kenya / yes / Beden 1983
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania / Beden 1985
Elephas recki ileretensis / Omo, Ethiopia / Beden 1980, 1987a
Koobi Fora and Ileret, Kenya / yes / Beden 1983
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania / Beden 1985
Elephas recki recki / Koobi Fora and Ileret, Kenya / yes / Beden 1983
Omo, Ethiopia / Beden 1987a
West Turkana, Kenya / Harris et al. 1988
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania / Beden 1985
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