PBDB Collection

Maboko Island - Quarry 2 (Miocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 902, Maboko Island - Quarry 2,

Where: Kenya (0.2° N, 34.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 32.9° E)

When: Maboko Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Min age = 13.8 +/- .04 Ma (Bed 8 Tuff). Max age = ~17 Ma (based on biostratigraphy) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; tuff

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: very wet floodplain

• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: pebbly mudstones with matrix-supported pebbles which have been altered to clay

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 522, 521, 488, 487, 483, 482, 481, 480, 479, 478, 477, 456, 121, 81, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: C. S. Feibel and F. H. Brown. 1991. Age of the primate-bearing deposits on Maboko Island, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 21:221-225 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22081: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 25.02.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Indet. indet. Indet. indet. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Nectridia
Gastropoda
Architaenioglossa - Maizaniidae	Maizania indet. Maizania indet. Bourguignat 1889 snail ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Stylommatophora - Achatinidae	Limicolaria indet. Limicolaria indet. Schumacher 1817 slug ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gnathostomata
-	Osteichthyes indet., Osteichthyes indet. Osteichthyes indet. bony fish ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Siluriformes Osteichthyes indet. bony fish ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Perciformes
Actinopteri
Cichliformes - Cichlidae	Cichlidae indet. Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840 cichlid ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cichlidae
Amphibia
-	Amphibia indet. Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Anura
Reptilia
-	Reptilia indet., Reptilia indet. Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Chelonia Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Lacertilia
Crocodylia - Crocodylidae	Crocodylidae indet. Crocodylidae indet. crocodile ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Crocodylidae
Aves
-	Aves indet. Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves
Reptilia
Ophidia -	Ophidia indet. Ophidia indet. snake ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Ophidia
Squamata - Amphisbaenidae	Amphisbaenidae indet. Amphisbaenidae indet. worm lizard ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Amphisbaenidae
Squamata - Varanidae	Varanidae indet. Varanidae indet. Hardwicke and Gray 1824 monitor lizard ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Varanidae
Mammalia
Artiodactyla - Climacoceratidae	Climacoceras africanus Climacoceras africanus MacInnes 1936 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Tragulidae	Dorcatherium chappuisi Dorcatherium chappuisi Arambourg 1933 chevrotain
Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae	Amphechinus sp. Amphechinus sp. Aymard 1850 hedgehog
Primates - Hominidae	Limnopithecus legetet Limnopithecus legetet Hopwood 1933 ape
Primates - Victoriapithecidae	Victoriapithecus sp., Victoriapithecus macinnesi Victoriapithecus sp. von Koenigswald 1969 monkey Victoriapithecus macinnesi von Koenigswald 1969 monkey