Majiwa: Langhian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Pelomedusidae
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cf. Pelusios sp.
Wagler 1830
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tubulidentata
- Orycteropodidae
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Orycteropus sp.
Geoffroy 1791
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Choerolophodontidae
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Choerolophodon kisumensis
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Prodeinotherium hobleyi
(Andrews 1911)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotheriidae indet.
Hay 1922
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13 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Gomphotheriidae | ||||||||||
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Protanancus macinnesi
Arambourg 1945
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Victoriapithecidae
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Victoriapithecus macinnesi
von Koenigswald 1969
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
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Sivapithecus africanus
Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1951
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Equatorius africanus | ||||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: (= to Kenyapithec) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Pongidae indet.
Elliot 1913
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Hominidae | ||||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Pongidae-small | ||||||||||
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Dryopithecus sp.
Lartet 1856
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Maboko 1 | ||||||||||
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Sivapithecus sp.
Pilgrim 1910
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Maboko 2 | ||||||||||
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Ramapithecus wickeri
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Sivapithecus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Pedetidae
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Pedetidae indet.
Gray 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Pedetidae-small | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Creodonta indet.
(Cope 1875)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Creodonta | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Palaeotragus sp.
Gaudry 1861
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae | ||||||||||
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cf. Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tragulidae
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Dorcatherium cf. pigotti
Whitworth 1958
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Dorcatherium cf. chappuisi
Arambourg 1933
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
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Xenochoerus africanus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Sanitherium | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Schizochoerini indet.
Golpe-Posse 1972
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Schizochoerini | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae | ||||||||||
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cf. Lopholistriodon moruoroti
Wilkinson 1976
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Listriodon akatikubas
Wilkinson 1976
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Libycochoerus khinzikebirus
Wilkinson 1976
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Megalochoerus khinzikebirus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Climacoceratidae
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Climacoceras africanus
MacInnes 1936
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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22 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae | ||||||||||
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Chilotheridium pattersoni
Hooijer 1971
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya | State/province: | Nyanza | County: | Majiwa Bluff |
| Coordinates: | 0.2° South, 34.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.1° South, 32.9° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle Miocene |
| *International age/stage: | Serravallian (minimum) | ||
| Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Maboko | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: equivalent in age to Maboko sites (14-16 Ma); overlying Kisumu Phonolite dated by K/Ar at 12.3 +/- 0.02 My radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: silty conglomerates | |||
| Environment: | fluvial indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: overbank ETE event: ., ETE env comment: drier conditions of depo-sition than at Maboko | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 75 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KNM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 138, Majiwa, Majiwa Bluff, | ||
| Database number: | 21339 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1991-06-10 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-02-04 04:30:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1991-06-10 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4653. | ETE 295 | P. Andrews, G. E. Meyer, D. R. Pilbeam, J. A. Van Couvering, and J. A. H. Van Couvering. 1981. The Miocene fossil beds of Maboko Island, Kenya: Geology, age, taphonomy, and palaeontology. Journal of Human Evolution 10:35-48 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |