Also known as ETE Locality 131, Lothagam 1, Lower Fauna,
Where: Turkana District, Kenya (2.9° N, 36.1° E: paleocoordinates 2.6° N, 36.1° E)
When: B and C Member (Lothagam 1 Formation), Messinian to Messinian (7.2 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: faunal correlation further defines age to between 5.0 and 6.0 My radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; sandstone
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Primary reference: B. Patterson, A. K. Behrensmeyer, and W.D. Sill. 1970. Geology and Fauna of a New Pliocene Locality in North- western Kenya. Nature 226:918-921 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21332: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 10.06.1991, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gnathostomata | |
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Mammalia | |
Australopithecus cf. africanus Dart 1925 australopithecine | |
cf. Cercocebus sp. Geoffroy 1812 monkey | |
Anomaluridae indet. n. gen. n. sp.
Anomaluridae indet. n. gen. n. sp. Gill 1872 scaly-tailed squirrel ETE occurrence; species: nongliding form, mak - nov. gen. & nov. sp. replaced with family name and indet.
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"Hipparion turkanense" = Eurygnathohippus turkanense, Hipparion sitifense, "Hipparion primigenium" = Hippotherium primigenium
"Hipparion turkanense" = Eurygnathohippus turkanense Hooijer and Maglio 1974 hipparionine horse
"Hipparion primigenium" = Hippotherium primigenium von Meyer 1829 hipparionine horse | |
Ceratotherium praecox white rhino
Brachypotherium lewisi rhinoceros | |
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Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe | |
Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Antilope sp., Tragelaphus sp., Tragelaphus sp., Mitragocerus sp., Gazella sp., Gazella sp.
Antilope sp. Pallas 1766 antelope
Mitragocerus sp. Stromer 1928 antelope | |
Nyanzachoerus cf. jaegeri Coppens 1971 pig | |
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"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium
"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium Kaup 1829 deinothere | |
Stegotetrabelodon orbus, "Primelephas gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis
Stegotetrabelodon orbus Maglio 1970 elephant
"Primelephas gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis Coppens 1965 elephant | |
Reptilia | |
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Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle | |
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Aves | |
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Reptilia | |
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Euthecodon sp. Fortau 1920 crocodile | |
Cladistia | |
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir |