Moruorot: Burdigalian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Turkanatherium acutirostratum
Madden 1972
Diamontohyus africanus
Madden 1972
Reptilia
Brochuchus sp. Conrad et al. 2013
Cossette et al. 2020
KNM-MO 91 (right maxilla)
Kinyang sp. Brochu et al. 2022
Brochu et al. 2022
KNM-MO 90
Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
? Prohyrax tertiarius Stromer 1922
Madden 1972
Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Titanohyracidae
Pliohyrax championi Arambourg 1933
Madden 1972
recombined as Afrohyrax championi
Megalohyrax championi (Arambourg 1933)
Madden 1972
recombined as Afrohyrax championi
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Prodeinotherium bavaricum (von Meyer 1831)
Madden 1972
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922
Madden 1972
n. gen. et sp.
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837
Madden 1972
Mastodon cf. angustidens Cuvier 1806
Madden 1972
recombined as Tetrabelodon angustidens
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Dryopithecus nyanzae
Madden 1972
Mammalia - Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Paraphiomys pigotti Andrews 1914
Madden 1972
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Kichechia zamanae Savage 1965
1 specimen
Kichechia savagei n. sp. Adrian et al. 2018
Adrian et al. 2018
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Hyaenodontidae indet. Leidy 1869
Madden 1972
n. gen. et sp.
Hyaenodon (Isohyaenodon) andrewsi Savage 1965
1 specimen
Hyaenodon andrewsi Savage 1965
Madden 1972
Mammalia - Creodonta
Anasinopa leakeyi Savage 1965
Madden 1972
Ekweeconfractus amorui n. gen., n. sp. Flink et al. 2021
Flink et al. 2021
Holotype: KNM-MO 64199, cranium with left P1–M2, right P3–M3
Mammalia
Pecora indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
Madden 1972
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Palaeotragus primaevus Churcher 1970
Madden 1972
recombined as Giraffokeryx primaevus
? Palaeotragus primaevus Churcher 1970
Madden 1972
recombined as Giraffokeryx primaevus
Mammalia
Walangania africanus Whitworth 1958
Madden 1972
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomerycidae indet. Lydekker 1883
Madden 1972
Palaeomeryx africanus
Madden 1972
Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834
Madden 1972
Mammalia
Propalaeoryx nyanzae Whitworth 1958
Madden 1972
Giraffoidea indet. Gray 1821
Madden 1972
re-id of Arambourg (1947's) Bovidae indet.
Mammalia - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium parvum Whitworth 1958
Madden 1972
recombined as Afrotragulus parvus
Dorcatherium pigotti Whitworth 1958
Madden 1972
Dorcatherium chappuisi Arambourg 1933
Madden 1972
Mammalia
Palaeochoerus dartevellei
Madden 1972
Palaeochoerus sp. Pomel 1847
Madden 1972
Mammalia - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821
Madden 1972
Listriodon jeanelli
Madden 1972
Listriodon sp. von Meyer 1846
Madden 1972
Bunolistriodon jeanelli
Madden 1972
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
? Brachyodus sp. Depéret 1895
Madden 1972
Brachyodus sp. Depéret 1895
Madden 1972
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Madden 1972
Aceratherium or Dicerorhinus sp.
Aceratherium acutirostratum
Madden 1972
? Aceratherium sp. Kaup 1834
Madden 1972
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya State/province:Northern Frontier District
Coordinates: 3.2° North, 35.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.1° North, 33.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:17.5 ± 0.2 to 16.8 ± 0.2 Ma (other)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lothidok Member:Kalodirr
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: late Early Miocene (Burdigalian) dated to 17.5 (± 0.2) Ma - 16.8 (± 0.2) Ma (Boschetto et al., 1992); previously listed as Losodok Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy "volcaniclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Collection method comments: Flink et al. 2021: discovered in 2016 during excavations by the West Turkana Miocene Project
Metadata
Also known as:Muruarot; west of Lake Turkana
Database number:122454
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Holroyd, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion, G. Varnham, P. Holroyd
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-12-28 09:09:31 Last modified:2022-06-09 05:01:22
Access level:the public Released:2011-12-28 09:09:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
47344. R. J. G. Savage. 1965. Fossil Mammals of Africa: 19 The Miocene Carnivora of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 10(8):241-316 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

65091 B. Adrian, L. Werdelin, and A. Grossman. 2018. New Miocene Carnivora (Mammalia) from Moruorot and Kalodirr, Kenya. Palaeontologia Electronica 21.1.10A:1-19 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
81849 C. A. Brochu, A. De Celis, A. J. Adams, S. K. Drumheller, J. H. Nestler, B. R. Benefit, A. Grossman, F. Kirera, T. Lehmann, C. Liutkus-Pierce, F. K. Manthi, M. L. McCrossin, K. P. McNulty and R. Nyaboke Juna. 2022. Giant dwarf crocodiles from the Miocene of Kenya and crocodylid faunal dynamics in the late Cenozoic of East Africa. The Anataomical Record 305(10):2729-2765 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
73795 A. P. Cossette, A. J. Adams, S. K. Drumheller, J. H. Nestler, B. R. Benefit, M. L. McCrossin, F. K. Manthi, R. Nyaboke Juma, and C. A. Brochu. 2020. A new crocodylid from the middle Miocene of Kenya and the timing of crocodylian faunal change in the late Cenozoic of Africa. Journal of Paleontology 94(6):1165-1179 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
81323 T. Flink, S. Cote, J. B. Rossie, J. M. Kibii, and L. Werdelin. 2021. The neurocranium of Ekweeconfractus amorui gen. et sp. nov. (Hyaenodonta, Mammalia) and the evolution of the brain in some hyaenodontan carnivores. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(2):e1927748 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
47354 C. T. Madden. 1972. Miocene mammals, stratigraphy and environment of Muruarot Hill, Kenya. PaleoBios 14(14):1-12 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]