West Turkana - Naiyena Engol III (Pliocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 89, NY3, Naiyena Engol III,

Where: Rift Valley, Kenya (4.2° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 35.5° E)

When: Kaitio Member (Nachukui Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene to Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Malbe Tuff (1.86 +/- 0.02) & Lower Koobi Fora Tuff (=Okote Tuff; 1.64 +/- 0.03); Malbe Tuff also dated by Ar/Ar

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: sand, silt, clay; see Kaitio Fauna

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KENYA N.M.

Primary reference: C. S. Feibel. 1994. Freshwater stingrays from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Turkana Basin, Kenya and Ethiopia. Lethaia 26:359-366 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21292: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.08.1999, edited by John Damuth

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta sp.
Loxodonta sp. Cuvier 1825 African elephant
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Pelorovis sp., cf. Megalotragus sp., Damaliscus sp., Aepyceros cf. melampus
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-W.Turkana
cf. Megalotragus sp. van Hoepen 1932 antelope
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
Aepyceros cf. melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus modestus, Metridiochoerus andrewsi, Kolpochoerus limnetes
Metridiochoerus modestus van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus gorgops, "Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928 hippo
"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis Coryndon 1977 hippo
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
 Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium problematicus
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis africana
Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959 whiptail stingray