Also known as ETE Locality 133, Lothagam 3, Upper Fauna,
Where: Turkana District, Kenya (2.9° N, 36.1° E: paleocoordinates 2.7° N, 36.4° E)
When: Lothagam 3 Formation (Lothagam Group), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: faunal correlation further defines age to between 4.0 and 4.5 My radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: 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 21334: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 10.06.1991
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gnathostomata | |
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Reptilia | |
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Euthecodon sp. Fortau 1920 crocodile | |
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Mammalia | |
Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970 African elephant | |
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Nyanzachoerus plicatus, "Notochoerus cf. euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus cf. euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog | |
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope | |
Theropithecus sp. Geoffroy 1843 gelada |