Lothagam 3: Piacenzian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
ETE occurrence; species: Osteichthyes
Reptilia
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
Euthecodon sp. Fortau 1920
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
ETE occurrence; species: Trionychidae
Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Podocnemis sp. Wagler 1830
ETE occurrence; species: Lothagam A
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
ETE occurrence; species: Stylohipparion
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Hippopotamidae
Mammalia - Suidae
Nyanzachoerus plicatus
Notochoerus cf. euilus (Hopwood 1926)
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Bovidae
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus sp. Geoffroy 1843
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya State/province:Turkana District County:Lothagam Hill
Coordinates: 2.9° North, 36.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.7° North, 36.4° East
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary
*International age/stage:Piacenzian (minimum)
Key time interval:Piacenzian
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Lothagam Formation:Lothagam 3
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: faunal correlation further defines age to between 4.0 and 4.5 My radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: coarse, ETE lithology comments: also silts and clays; 90+m thick
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: overbank ETE event: ., ETE env comment: interbedded channel and floodplain deposits
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: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 133, Lothagam 3, Upper Fauna,
Database number:21334
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:J. Alroy
Created:1991-06-10 00:00:00 Last modified:2007-08-09 12:17:15
Access level:the public Released:1991-06-10 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4648.ETE 290B. Patterson, A. K. Behrensmeyer, and W.D. Sill. 1970. Geology and Fauna of a New Pliocene Locality in North- western Kenya. Nature 226:918-921 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]