Also known as ETE Locality 783, Lainyamok,
Where: Kenya (1.8° S, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 1.8° S, 36.2° E)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = 392,000 +- 4000yrs, Min = 330,000+-6000 yrs radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: siltstone
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 487, 485, 482, 481, 480, 479, 478, 477, 454, 81, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Primary reference: R. Potts and A. Deino. 1995. Mid-Pleistocene change in large mammal faunas of East Africa. Quaternary Research 43:106-113 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21963: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 18.08.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 aardvark | |
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Procavia sp. Storr 1780 Cape hyrax | |
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: .; Double entry removed, abundance could be 2
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Pedetes sp. Illiger 1811 springhaas | |
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare | |
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777 baboon | |
Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human | |
Felis libyca Forster 1780 African wildcat
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
"Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal Schreber 1776 caracal | |
Hyaena hyaena Linnaeus 1758 striped hyaena
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
Ichneumia albicauda Cuvier 1829 white-tailed mongoose | |
Canidae indet., "Canis adustus" = Schaeffia adusta, Lycaon pictus, "Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas, Canis sp., Otocyon sp., Otocyon megalotis
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Canidae
"Canis adustus" = Schaeffia adusta Sundevall 1847 side-striped jackal
Lycaon pictus Temminck 1820 African wild dog
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Otocyon sp. Müller 1835 bat-eared fox
Otocyon megalotis Desmarest 1822 bat-eared fox | |
Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog | |
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Bovidae indet., Reduncini indet., Kobus sp., Madoqua sp., Cephalophini indet., Cephalophus sylvicultor, Litocranius walleri, Antilopini indet., "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, "Gazella granti" = Nanger granti, Antidorcas sp., Aepyceros melampus, Alcelaphini indet., Connochaetes sp., Damaliscus hunteri, Damaliscus cf. dorcas, Damaliscus lunatus, Hippotragini indet., Hippotragus equinus, Oryx sp., Oryx beisa, Bovini indet., Taurotragus oryx
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Madoqua sp. Ogilby 1837 dikdik
Cephalophus sylvicultor Afzelius 1815 yellow-backed duiker
Litocranius walleri Brooke 1878 antelope
"Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni Gunther 1884 Thomson's gazelle
"Gazella granti" = Nanger granti Brooke 1872 Grant's gazelle
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok
Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Damaliscus hunteri antelope
Damaliscus cf. dorcas Pallas 1766 bontebok
Damaliscus lunatus Burchell 1823 common tsessebe
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini
Hippotragus equinus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803 roan antelope
Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816 oryx
Oryx beisa Rüppell 1835 East African oryx
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland | |
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758 giraffe | |
Equus sp., "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli, "Equus grevyi" = Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
"Equus grevyi" = Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi Oustalet 1882 Grevy's zebra |