Also known as ETE Locality 1096, Baringo, Kapthurin, Kapthurin fm.,
Where: Kenya (0.5° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 36.0° E)
When: Kapthurin Formation, Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max age=.78 Ma;Min age=.25+/- .12 Ma (K/Ar dates from tuff K4) radiometric intage_min
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•Detailed tephrochronology reports can be found in Blegen et al. 2018 (A new tephrochronology for early diverse stone tool technologies and long-distance raw material transport in the Middle to Late Pleistocene Kapthurin Formation, East Africa, Journal of Human Evolution) supporting Middle–Late Pleistocene age for the Kapthurin Fm.
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; tuff
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 922, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Primary reference: L. E. Frostick and I. Reid. 1986. Evolution and sedimentary character of lake deltas fed by ephemeral rivers in the Turkana Basin, southern Kenya. Geological Society of America Special Publication 25:113-125 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22272: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 04.08.1999, edited by John Damuth and Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Melanoides indet. Olivier 1804 snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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Mammalia | |
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Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion | |
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
Ichneumia sp. Geoffroy 1837 mongoose | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
cf. Syncerus caffer, Tragelaphus sp., Tragelaphus cf. scriptus, Kobus sp., Kobus cf. ellipsiprymnus, Redunca sp., Cephalophus sp., Sylvicapra sp., Oryx sp., Ourebia sp., Antidorcas sp., Alcelaphus sp., Alcelaphus cf. buselaphus, Damaliscus sp., Gazella sp.
cf. Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
Tragelaphus cf. scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Kobus cf. ellipsiprymnus Ogilby 1833 waterbuck
Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck
Cephalophus sp. Smith 1827 duiker
Sylvicapra sp. Ogilby 1837 duiker
Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816 oryx
Ourebia sp. antelope
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok
Alcelaphus sp. Blainville 1816 hartebeest
Alcelaphus cf. buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle | |
Suidae indet., Mesochoerus majus, Kolpochoerus majus, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, Potamochoerus porcus
Kolpochoerus majus Hopwood 1934 pig
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog | |
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat | |
Otomys cf. angoniensis mouse
Steatomys sp. Peters 1846 fat mouse | |
Dendromus sp. Smith 1829 African climbing mice
Cricetomys sp. Waterhouse 1840 giant pouched rat | |
Graphiurus sp. Smuts 1832 dormouse | |
Colobus sp. Illiger 1811 monkey
Theropithecus cf. oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777 baboon | |
Homo cf. erectus Dubois 1892 human | |
Heterohyrax sp. Gray 1868 rock hyrax | |
Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 aardvark | |
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant | |
Reptilia | |
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Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile | |
Aves | |
Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich | |
Reptilia | |
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820 monitor lizard | |
Actinopteri | |
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish |