Also known as ETE Locality 1092, Tugen Hills, Chemoigut, Baringo, Chemoigut fm.,
Where: Kenya (0.7° N, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 0.6° N, 36.1° E)
When: Chemoigut Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Fauna sugg age of 1.34 Ma;paleomag sugg age 0.7-2.4 Ma
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine
Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 937, 936, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Primary reference: W. W. Bishop and M.H. Pickford. 1975. Geology,fauna and palaeoenvironments of the Ngorora Formation,Kenya Rift Valley. Nature (London) 254(5497):185-192 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 22268: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 04.08.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
Bellamya indet. Jousseaume 1886 snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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Gnathostomata | |
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Mammalia | |
"Elephas cf. recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas cf. recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant | |
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Ceratotherium sp. Gray 1868 white rhino | |
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo
Hippopotamus cf. amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
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Tragelaphini indet., Tragelaphini indet., Tragelaphus sp., Bovini indet., Kobus sp., cf. Antidorcas sp., Alcelaphini indet., Alcelaphini indet., Alcelaphini indet., cf. Connochaetes sp., "cf. Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: cf. Tragelaphini
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
cf. Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok
cf. Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
"cf. Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest | |
Metridiochoerus hopwoodi Leakey 1958 pig
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926 pig | |
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine | |
Theropithecus sp. Geoffroy 1843 gelada | |
Reptilia | |
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Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile |