Lothagam 2 (Pliocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 132, Lothagam 2,

Where: Turkana District, Kenya (2.9° N, 36.1° E: paleocoordinates 2.7° N, 36.4° E)

When: Lothagam 2 Formation (Lothagam Group), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: interposed betweeen Lothagam 1 (5.0-6.0 My on the basis of fauna) and Lothagam 3 (4.0-4.5 My on the basis of fauna) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: offshore; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: offshore ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
• ETE rock type adj: fine-grained, ETE lithology comments: also clays and occasional water-laid tuffs; lower contact baked and intruded by sill

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; 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 21333: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 10.06.1991

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Taxonomic list

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Gnathostomata
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Osteichthyes indet.
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
ETE occurrence; species: Osteichthyes
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet., Reptilia indet.
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE occurrence; species: Chelonia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE occurrence; species: Crocodylia
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae indet.
Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821 hippopotamus
ETE occurrence; species: Hippopotamidae