Chesowanja (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 1093, Baringo, Chesowanja,

Where: Kenya (0.7° N, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 0.6° N, 36.1° E)

When: Chemoigut Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Paleomag data sugg depos in Matuyama Reverse Ep (2.46-0.71 Ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
• ETE rock type adj: clayey, ETE lithology comments: silts&clays w/horiz of ss

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 937, 936, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: J. A. Gowlett, J.W. Harris, D. Walton and B. Wood. 1981. Early archaeological sites,hominid remains and traces of fire from Chesowanja,Kenya. Nature 294(5837):125-129 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22269: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 04.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Indet. Bivalvia
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae
Bellamya indet. Jousseaume 1886 snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gnathostomata
  -
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
ETE occurrence; species: Siluriformes
Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet., "Simopithecus sp." = Theropithecus
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE occurrence; species: Cercopithecidae
"Simopithecus sp." = Theropithecus Geoffroy 1843 gelada
 Primates - Hominidae
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei, Australopithecus sp.
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: robust
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium sp. Gray 1868 white rhino
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE occurrence; species: Suidae
Mesochoerus sp. Shaw and Cooke 1941 pig
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926 pig
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo
Hippopotamus cf. amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
cf. Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini-sm
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini-v sm
cf. Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
"cf. Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Tragelaphini
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Bovini
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
ETE occurrence; species: Giraffidae
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas cf. recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas cf. recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
ETE occurrence; species: Trionychidae
 Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868 sideneck turtle
ETE occurrence; species: Pelomedusidae
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile