Kipsaramon - K089A (Miocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 1129, Kipsaramon, Poi, Baringo, K089, Kipsaramon - K089A,

Where: Kenya (0.8° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 34.1° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 15.6 Ma;Min age = 15.4 Ma radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: fluvial influx into lacustr envt.
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: bonebed w/fn snd&cly

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 944, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: A. J. Winkler. 1988. The Neogene rodent succession of the Baringo Basin, Kenya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(3,Suppl.):29A. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 22305: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 05.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates -
Anthropoidea indet.
Anthropoidea indet. monkey
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominid/Cercopithecid
 Primates - Proconsulidae
Proconsul cf. major
Proconsul cf. major Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1950 ape
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet.
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: aff. Proconsul/Afropithecus
 Primates -
Kalepithecus cf. songhorensis
Kalepithecus cf. songhorensis Andrews 1978 monkey
 Rodentia - Myophiomyidae
Elmerimys sp.
Elmerimys sp. Lavocat 1973 rodent
 Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomyidae indet., Thryonomyidae indet.
Thryonomyidae indet. Pocock 1922 cane rat
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: cf. Thyronomyidae lg
Thryonomyidae indet. Pocock 1922 cane rat
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Thyronomyidae sm
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet.
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: cf. Sciuridae
Cricetodontidae
  - Cricetodontidae
Notocricetodon sp.
Notocricetodon sp. Lavocat 1973