Lothidok Hill: Late/Upper Oligocene, Kenya
collected by Kenya National Museums (led by R. Leakey) 1986
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Pliohyracidae
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Meroehyrax kyongoi
Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009
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KNM-LS 18249 | ||||||||||
Thyrohyrax kenyaensis
Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009
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Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009 | |||||||||
KNM-LS 18177,18221 and 18250 | ||||||||||
Brachyhyrax oligocenus
Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009
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KNM-LS 18175, 18176 and 18222 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Titanohyracidae
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Afrohyrax informal n. sp.
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Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009 | |||||||||
KNM-LS 18223 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Prodeinotherium sp.
Ehik 1930
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KNM-LS 2, 3, 5, 6, 18240, 18242 and 18236 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Losodokodon losodokius n. gen., n. sp.
Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009
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KNM-LS 18244 - holotype; referred specimens: KNM-LS 18212, 18214,18234 and 18243 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Embrithopoda
- Arsinoitheriidae
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Arsinoitherium sp.
Beadnell 1902
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KNM-LS 18 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Hyainailouros sp.
Stehlin 1907
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KNM-LS 18215 and 18230 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Brachyodus sp.
Depéret 1895
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KNM-LS 18225, 18227, 18233, 18237 and 18238 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Diamantomys timius n. sp.
Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009
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KNM-LS - type (left dentary) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
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Proconsul hamiltoni n. sp.
Madden 1980
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recombined as Kamoyapithecus hamiltoni | ||||||||||
KNM-LS 7 - type (right maxillary fragment); referred specimens: KNM-LS 8, 18351, 18352, 18359 (mandibular and maxillary fragments and teeth) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Kenya | State/province: | Turkana |
Coordinates: | 3.4° North, 35.8° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 0.9° North, 32.0° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Oligocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 28.40000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 27.5 ± 0.3 to 24.2 ± 0.3 Ma (K-Ar) |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Erageleit | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Erageleit beds; ages based on basalt beds above and below the fossiliferous bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | Kenya National Museums (led by R. Leakey) | Collection dates: | February 1986 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Losodok Hill | ||
Database number: | 174662 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2015-11-23 04:36:04 | Last modified: | 2015-11-23 04:36:04 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-11-23 04:36:04 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
5444. | ETE 1177 | M. G. Leakey, P. S. Ungar, and A. Walker. 1995. A new genus of large primate from the late Oligocene of Lothidok, Turkana District, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 28(6):519-531 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
57046 | D. T. Rasmussen and M. Gutierrez. 2009. A Mammalian Fauna from the Late Oligocene of Northwestern Kenya. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 288(1-3):1-52 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |