West Turkana - Lomekwi IV: Gelasian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Cercopithecidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae-lg. | ||||||||||
Cercopithecidae indet.
Gray 1821
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3 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae | ||||||||||
Cercopithecidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae-sm. | ||||||||||
Theropithecus brumpti
Arambourg 1947
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Parapapio cf. whitei
Broom 1940
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Parapapio ado
Hopwood 1936
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae | ||||||||||
Diceros bicornis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell 1821)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion hasumense
Eisenmann 1983
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14 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Eurygnathohippus hasumense | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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3 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae | ||||||||||
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis
Leakey 1958
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Metridiochoerus andrewsi
Hopwood 1926
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Notochoerus euilus
(Hopwood 1926)
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30 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus | ||||||||||
Potamochoerus sp.
Gray 1854
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hexaprotodon protoamphibius
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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2 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-med | ||||||||||
Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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3 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-sm | ||||||||||
Damaliscus sp.
Sclater and Thomas 1894
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1 specimen | |||||||||
cf. Megalotragus sp.
van Hoepen 1932
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Reduncini indet.
Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-medium | ||||||||||
Reduncini indet.
Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
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2 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-small | ||||||||||
Kobus oricornis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Kobus sp.
Smith 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.A-W.Turkana | ||||||||||
Kobus sigmoidalis
Arambourg 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Aepyceros shungurae
Gentry 1985
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22 specimens | |||||||||
Tragelaphus nakuae
Arambourg 1941
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Ugandax sp.
Cooke and Coryndon 1970
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2 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Turkana sp. nov. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa sp.
Brisson 1762
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Homotherium problematicus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Crocuta sp.
Erxleben 1777
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Turkana sp. nov. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephantidae indet.
Gray 1821
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2 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Elephantidae | ||||||||||
Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: brumpti | ||||||||||
Loxodonta adaurora
Maglio 1970
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Loxodonta exoptata
Dietrich 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
unclassified
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Antidorcas recki
(Schwartz 1932)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Adenota recki | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Kenya | State/province: | Rift Valley | County: | West Turkana |
Coordinates: | 3.9° North, 35.7° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 3.8° North, 35.5° East |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
Stage: | Gelasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
*Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle - Late/Upper Pliocene |
*International age/stage: | Gelasian (minimum) | ||
Key time interval: | Gelasian | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58800 - 1.80600 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: interbedded sands and silts; see Lower Lomekwi Fauna for details | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: upward-fining cycles |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 0 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KENYA N.M. |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 80, LO4, Lomekwi IV, | ||
Database number: | 21283 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth |
Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
Created: | 1991-05-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-10-06 12:35:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1991-05-30 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
4454. | ETE 88 | J. M. Harris, F.H. Brown, and M.G. Leakey. 1988. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of pliocene and Pleistocene Localities West of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 399:1-128 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |