Lainyamok - excavation: Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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123 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Mammalia | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Papio sp.
Erxleben 1777
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Lycaon pictus
(Temminck 1820)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Canis mesomelas
Schreber 1775
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Lupulella mesomelas | ||||||||||
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Otocyon megalotis
(Desmarest 1822)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mellivora capensis
(Schreber 1776)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera leo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Herpestidae
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Ichneumia albicauda
(Cuvier 1829)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena hyaena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Equus burchelli
Gray 1824
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Equus quagga burchelli | ||||||||||
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Equus grevyi
Oustalet 1882
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21 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa sp.
Brisson 1762
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Giraffa camelopardalis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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149 specimens | |||||||||
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Aepyceros melampus
(Lichtenstein 1812)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Madoqua sp.
Ogilby 1837
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cephalophus sylvicultor
(Afzelius 1815)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini | ||||||||||
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Damaliscus cf. dorcas
(Pallas 1766)
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27 specimens | |||||||||
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Gazella granti
Brooke 1872
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13 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Nanger granti | ||||||||||
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Gazella thomsoni
Gunther 1884
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Eudorcas thomsoni | ||||||||||
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Reduncini indet.
Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini | ||||||||||
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Hippotragini indet.
Sundevall 1845
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini | ||||||||||
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Oryx beisa
(Rüppell 1835)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Hippotragus equinus
(Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Antilope equina | ||||||||||
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Litocranius walleri
Brooke 1878
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Taurotragus oryx
(Pallas 1766)
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52 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Phacochoerus aethiopicus
(Pallas 1766)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Procaviidae
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Procaviidae indet.
Thomas 1892
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0 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: cf. Prohyrax | ||||||||||
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Procavia sp.
Storr 1780
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tubulidentata
- Orycteropodidae
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Orycteropus afer
(Pallas 1766)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephantidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Elephantidae | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 1.8° South, 36.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.8° South, 36.2° East |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Quaternary - Quaternary | *Epoch: | Middle Pleistocene - Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Local bed: | Khaki 2 | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: see Lainyamok - general radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: poorly sorted, buff, ETE lithology comments: massive unit, matrix supported with abundant pebble- and cobble-sized clasts | |
| Environment: | dry floodplain |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: dry_floodplain ETE event: burrow, ETE env comment: probably near lake marginsee DataSheet | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk |
| Collection size: | 531 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KENYA N.S. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 73, Lainyamok - excavation, | ||
| Database number: | 21277 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1991-06-19 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1991-06-19 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4430. | ETE 17 | R. Potts, P. Shipman, and E. Ingall. 1988. Taphonomy, Paleoecology, and Hominids of Lainyamok, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 17:596-614 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |