PBDB Collection

Majiwa (Miocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 138, Majiwa, Majiwa Bluff,

Where: Nyanza, Kenya (0.2° S, 34.6° E: paleocoordinates 1.1° S, 32.9° E)

When: Maboko Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: equivalent in age to Maboko sites (14-16 Ma); overlying Kisumu Phonolite dated by K/Ar at 12.3 +/- 0.02 My radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: overbank ETE event: ., ETE env comment: drier conditions of depo-sition than at Maboko

• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: silty conglomerates

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: P. Andrews, G. E. Meyer, D. R. Pilbeam, J. A. Van Couvering, and J. A. H. Van Couvering. 1981. The Miocene fossil beds of Maboko Island, Kenya: Geology, age, taphonomy, and palaeontology. Journal of Human Evolution 10:35-48 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21339: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 10.06.1991

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Primates - Hominidae	"Sivapithecus sp." = Sivapithecus, "Ramapithecus wickeri" = Sivapithecus, "Pongidae indet." = Hominidae, Dryopithecus sp. "Sivapithecus sp." = Sivapithecus Pilgrim 1910 ape ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Maboko 2 "Ramapithecus wickeri" = Sivapithecus ape "Pongidae indet." = Hominidae Gray 1825 ape ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Pongidae-small Dryopithecus sp. Lartet 1856 ape ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Maboko 1
Primates -	"Sivapithecus africanus" = Equatorius africanus "Sivapithecus africanus" = Equatorius africanus Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1951 ape ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: (= to Kenyapithec)
Primates - Victoriapithecidae	Victoriapithecus macinnesi Victoriapithecus macinnesi von Koenigswald 1969 monkey
Rodentia - Pedetidae	Pedetidae indet. Pedetidae indet. Gray 1825 springhare ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Pedetidae-small
Placentalia -	Creodonta indet. Creodonta indet. Cope 1875 creodont ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Creodonta
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Rhinocerotidae indet., Chilotheridium pattersoni Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae Chilotheridium pattersoni Hooijer 1971 rhinoceros
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Palaeotragus sp. Palaeotragus sp. Gaudry 1861 giraffe
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovidae indet., cf. Gazella sp. Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae cf. Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Artiodactyla - Tragulidae	Dorcatherium cf. pigotti, Dorcatherium cf. chappuisi Dorcatherium cf. pigotti Whitworth 1958 chevrotain Dorcatherium cf. chappuisi Arambourg 1933 chevrotain
Artiodactyla -	"Xenochoerus africanus" = Sanitherium "Xenochoerus africanus" = Sanitherium ruminant
Artiodactyla - Climacoceratidae	Climacoceras africanus Climacoceras africanus MacInnes 1936 even-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Suidae indet., cf. Lopholistriodon moruoroti, Listriodon akatikubas, "Libycochoerus khinzikebirus" = Megalochoerus khinzikebirus Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae cf. Lopholistriodon moruoroti Wilkinson 1976 pig Listriodon akatikubas Wilkinson 1976 pig "Libycochoerus khinzikebirus" = Megalochoerus khinzikebirus Wilkinson 1976 pig
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Schizochoerini indet. Schizochoerini indet. Golpe-Posse 1972 peccary ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Schizochoerini
Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae	Orycteropus sp. Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark
Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae	Gomphotheriidae indet., Protanancus macinnesi Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Gomphotheriidae Protanancus macinnesi Arambourg 1945 gomphothere
Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae	Prodeinotherium hobleyi Prodeinotherium hobleyi Andrews 1911 deinothere
Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae	Choerolophodon kisumensis Choerolophodon kisumensis proboscidean
Reptilia
Testudines - Pelomedusidae	cf. Pelusios sp. cf. Pelusios sp. Wagler 1830 sideneck turtle
Testudines - Trionychidae	Trionyx sp. Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
Crocodylia - Crocodylidae	Crocodylus sp. Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile