Lukenya Hill GvJm 62 70-0cm (Holocene of Kenya)

Also known as Lukenya Hill

Where: Athi-Kapiti Plains, Kenya (1.5° S, 37.1° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 37.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

• Open air site. Tropical climate, Savanna biome. Arid, dry, near-desert conditions, tall grasses. Dry.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• Material held in the National Museum of Kenya.

Primary reference: C. W. Marean. 1992. Implications of Late Quaternary mammalian fauna from Lukenya Hill (South-Central Kenya) for paleoenvironmental change and faunal extinctions. Quaternary Research 37:239-255 [A. Behrensmeyer/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32107: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 05.06.2003, edited by Denne Reed

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia sp.
Procavia sp. Storr 1780 Cape hyrax
or Heterohyrax. MNI = 2
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bos taurus, Sylvicapra grimmia
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
MNI = 2
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
MNI = 1
Pedetes capensis
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"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis
"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis Forster 1778 South African springhare
MNI = 1