Also known as ETE Locality 1145, South Turkwel,
Where: Kenya (3.1° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 3.6° N, 35.4° E)
When: Lonyumun,Kataboi Member (Nachukui Formation), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Lonyamun mbr est to be 4.3-3.9 Ma;fluv sed=~3.2 Ma
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrinegraded
Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 926, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Primary reference: C. V. Ward, M. G. Leakey, B. Brown, F. Brown, J. Harris and A. Walker. 1999. South Turkwel: a new Pliocene hominid site in Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 36:69-95 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 22321: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 05.08.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki, Loxodonta adaurora
Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970 African elephant | |
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere | |
cf. Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid | |
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Megantereon sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat | |
"Hipparion hasumense" = Eurygnathohippus hasumense
"Hipparion hasumense" = Eurygnathohippus hasumense Eisenmann 1983 hipparionine horse | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
Hexaprotodon protoamphibius pygmy hippo | |
"Potamochoerus afarensis" = Kolpochoerus afarensis, "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus, Nyanzachoerus kanamensis
"Potamochoerus afarensis" = Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978 pig
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958 pig | |
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe | |
Madoqua sp., Aepyceros sp., Alcelaphini indet., Antidorcas sp., Simatherium kohllarseni, Tragelaphus kyloae, Tragelaphus nakuae
Madoqua sp. Ogilby 1837 dikdik
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok
Tragelaphus kyloae antelope
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope | |
Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885 placental | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine | |
Parapapio sp. Jones 1937 monkey |