K3 (Pleistocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 1125, Baringo, Kapthurin, K3',

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

•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: terrestrial; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: channel features
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: rd&bl clys/sdy paleochann

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 949, ; 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 22301: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 05.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
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Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
ETE occurrence; species: Osteichthyes
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE occurrence; species: Chelonia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo