West Turkana - Loruth Kaado I: Piacenzian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta adaurora
Maglio 1970
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium bozasi
Arambourg 1934
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Carnivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus cf. kaisensis
Hopwood 1926
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Notochoerus euilus
(Hopwood 1926)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Aepyceros sp.
Sundevall 1847
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-med | ||||||||||
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Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-sm | ||||||||||
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Reduncini indet.
Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-large | ||||||||||
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Gazella cf. granti
Brooke 1872
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Nanger granti | ||||||||||
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Tragelaphus nakuae
Arambourg 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Kenya | State/province: | Rift Valley | County: | West Turkana |
| Coordinates: | 4.5° North, 35.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.4° North, 35.6° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle Pliocene |
| *International age/stage: | Piacenzian (minimum) | ||
| Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: diatomaceous, ETE lithology comments: also clay; see Kataboi Fauna | |||
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: . | |||
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 105, LK1, Loruth Kaado I, | ||
| Database number: | 21307 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
| Created: | 1991-06-03 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-10-06 12:35:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1991-06-03 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] |