Also known as ETE Locality 1100, Baringo, Kapthurin, Middle Silts/Gravels mbr.,
Where: Kenya (0.5° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 36.0° E)
When: Middle Silts and Gravels Member (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 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; siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 921, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Primary reference: M. Pickford. 1988. Geology and fauna of the middle Miocene hominoid site at Muruyur,Baringo District,Kenya. Human Evolution 3(5):381-390 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22276: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 05.08.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile | |
Mammalia | |
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Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark | |
Heterohyrax sp. Gray 1868 rock hyrax | |
Loxodonta sp. Cuvier 1825 African elephant | |
Ceratotherium cf. simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Mesochoerus sp., Phacochoerus sp., "Tapinochoerus sp." = Metridiochoerus, Potamochoerus sp., Notochoerus sp.
Mesochoerus sp. Shaw and Cooke 1941 pig
Phacochoerus sp. Cuvier 1826 warthog
"Tapinochoerus sp." = Metridiochoerus Hopwood 1926 pig
Potamochoerus sp. Gray 1854 pig
Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925 pig | |
Cephalophus sp., Sylvicapra sp., Alcelaphus sp., Redunca sp., Kobus ellipsiprymnus, Antidorcas sp., Tragelaphus sp., Tragelaphus cf. scriptus
Cephalophus sp. Smith 1827 duiker
Sylvicapra sp. Ogilby 1837 duiker
Alcelaphus sp. Blainville 1816 hartebeest
Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus Ogilby 1833 waterbuck
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
Tragelaphus cf. scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck | |
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat | |
Rattus cf. rattus Linnaeus 1758 black rat | |
Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human
Homo aff. erectus Dubois 1892 human ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name from unique name
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"Cercopithecus cf. aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops Linnaeus 1758 vervet monkey
Papio anubis Cuvier 1824 olive baboon
Colobus sp. Illiger 1811 monkey | |
Actinopteri | |
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish | |
Gastropoda | |
Melanoides sp. Olivier 1804 snail |