Ngorora fm. - mbr. A (Miocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 1114, Baringo, Ngorora fm. - mbr. A,

Where: Kenya (0.9° N, 35.9° E: paleocoordinates 0.2° N, 34.4° E)

When: A Member (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: lacustrine; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lahars
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: clays&coarse tuffs

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 943, 925, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: H. Thomas. 1981. Les bovides miocenes de la formation de Ngorora du Bassin de Baringo (Rift Valley, Kenya) 3. Proceedings of the Koninkluke Ned.Akad.Van Wet.:Series B 84(4):377-392 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22290: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 05.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet.
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
ETE occurrence; species: Canidae
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet.
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
ETE occurrence; species: Rhinocerotidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Protragocerus labidotus, Sivoreas eremita
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Bovidae
Protragocerus labidotus Gentry 1970 antelope
Sivoreas eremita Pilgrim 1939 antelope
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet.
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
ETE occurrence; species: Gomphotheriidae
Reptilia
 Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelomedusidae indet.
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868 sideneck turtle
ETE occurrence; species: Pelomedusidae
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet.
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Trionychidae
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian
ETE occurrence; species: Crocodylia
Actinopteri
 Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet.
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840 cichlid
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Cichlidae
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clariidae indet.
Clariidae indet. Bonaparte 1846 airbreathing catfish
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Clariidae
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae indet.
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Cyprinidae
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name