Specimens

KNM-ER 816

Site:
Koobi Fora Area 104
Specimen number:
KNM-ER 816
Lat/Long:
3.98, 36.32
Date min:
1,770,000 Bp
Date max:
1,780,000 Bp
Classifications:
Paranthropus, Paranthropus boisei
Time periods:
Calabrian, Pleistocene
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KNM-ER 816 is an isolated left maxillary canine and some tooth fragments classified as that from a Paranthropus boisei [1][2]. These were found in Area 104 of Koobi Fora at 4m below the A2 marker in the KBS member and stratigraphically dated to ~1.78 Ma [3][4]. 

 

Description

KNM-ER 816 is composed of KNM-ER 816A and KNM-ER 816B-E.

Sources

Cited References

  1. 1.

    Further hominids from the Plio-Pleistocene of Koobi Fora Kenya

    American Journal of Physical Anthropology , 67(2)

  2. 2.

    Paranthropus Boisei - Fifty years of evidence and analysis

    American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 134(S45)

  3. 3.

    Stratigraphic context of fossil hominids from the Omo Group deposits. Northern Turkana Basin Kenya and Ethiopia

    American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 78(4)

  4. 4.

    Chronostratigraphy of KNM-ER 3733 and other area 104 hominins from Koobi Fora

    Journal of Human Evolution, 86

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