Baringo 2/12S (Miocene of Kenya)
Also known as ETE Locality 1108, Baringo, 2/12S,
Where: Kenya (0.9° N, 35.9° E: paleocoordinates 0.2° N, 34.4° E)
When: Ngorora Formation, Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max age = 12.71 +/- .38 Ma;Min age = 10-8 Ma radiometric intage_max,
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine
• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: lacustrine shales&tuffs
Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 933, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Primary reference: A. Hill. 1985. Early hominid from Baringo,Kenya. Nature (London) 315(6016):222-224 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 22284: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 05.08.1999
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Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821 hippopotamus ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippopotamidae
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