Also known as ETE Locality 83, LO8, Lomekwi VIII,
Where: Rift Valley, Kenya (3.9° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 35.5° E)
When: Lokalalei Member (Nachukui Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Lokalalei Tuff (2.52 +/- 0.05) and Kalochoro Tuff (2.36 +/- 0.05) radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KENYA N.M.
Primary reference: J. M. Harris, F.H. Brown, and M.G. Leakey. 1988. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of pliocene and Pleistocene Localities West of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 399:1-128 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21286: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.05.1991
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926 pig | |
Hexaprotodon protoamphibius pygmy hippo | |
Tragelaphus nakuae, Tragelaphus gaudryi, Ugandax sp., Aepyceros shungurae, Menelikia sp., Menelikia lyrocera, Kobus sp., Kobus sigmoidalis
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Turkana sp. nov.
Aepyceros shungurae Gentry 1985 impala
Menelikia sp. Arambourg 1941 antelope
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941 antelope
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope | |
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"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
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