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
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
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Gastropoda | |
Bellamya indet. Jousseaume 1886 snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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Gnathostomata | |
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Mammalia | |
Cercopithecidae indet., "Simopithecus sp." = Theropithecus
"Simopithecus sp." = Theropithecus Geoffroy 1843 gelada | |
"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
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Ceratotherium sp. Gray 1868 white rhino | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Mesochoerus sp. Shaw and Cooke 1941 pig
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926 pig | |
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo
Hippopotamus cf. amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
cf. Antidorcas sp., Alcelaphini indet., Alcelaphini indet., cf. Connochaetes sp., "cf. Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli, Kobus sp., Tragelaphini indet., Tragelaphus sp., Bovini indet.
cf. Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok
cf. Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
"cf. Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope | |
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Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere | |
"Elephas cf. recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas cf. recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant | |
Reptilia | |
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Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile |