Lothagam 3: Piacenzian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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ETE occurrence; species: Osteichthyes | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Euthecodon sp.
Fortau 1920
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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ETE occurrence; species: Trionychidae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Podocnemididae
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Podocnemis sp.
Wagler 1830
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ETE occurrence; species: Lothagam A | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta adaurora
Maglio 1970
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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ETE occurrence; species: Stylohipparion | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamidae indet.
Gray 1821
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ETE occurrence; species: Hippopotamidae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Nyanzachoerus plicatus
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Notochoerus cf. euilus
(Hopwood 1926)
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original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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ETE occurrence; species: Bovidae | ||||||||||
Tragelaphus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Theropithecus sp.
Geoffroy 1843
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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 290 | B. 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] |