Also known as ETE Locality 1145, South Turkwel,
Where: Kenya (3.1° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 3.6° N, 35.4° E)
When: Lonyumun,Kataboi Member (Nachukui Formation), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Lonyamun mbr est to be 4.3-3.9 Ma;fluv sed=~3.2 Ma
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrinegraded
Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 926, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Primary reference: C. V. Ward, M. G. Leakey, B. Brown, F. Brown, J. Harris and A. Walker. 1999. South Turkwel: a new Pliocene hominid site in Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 36:69-95 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 22321: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 05.08.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki, Loxodonta adaurora
Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970 African elephant | |
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Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
Megantereon sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat | |
cf. Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid | |
"Hipparion hasumense" = Eurygnathohippus hasumense
"Hipparion hasumense" = Eurygnathohippus hasumense Eisenmann 1983 hipparionine horse | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
Hexaprotodon protoamphibius pygmy hippo | |
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis, "Potamochoerus afarensis" = Kolpochoerus afarensis, "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958 pig
"Potamochoerus afarensis" = Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978 pig
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog | |
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe | |
Aepyceros sp., Alcelaphini indet., Madoqua sp., Antidorcas sp., Simatherium kohllarseni, Tragelaphus kyloae, Tragelaphus nakuae
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
Madoqua sp. Ogilby 1837 dikdik
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok
Tragelaphus kyloae antelope
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885 placental | |
Parapapio sp. Jones 1937 monkey | |
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine |