East Turkana - Area 250 - Lonyumun/Moiti: Zanclean - 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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Beden 1983 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: adaurora | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Nyanzachoerus kanamensis
Leakey 1958
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Harris 1983 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Notochoerus euilus
(Hopwood 1926)
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Harris 1983 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Ceratotherium praecox
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Harris 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 3.7° North, 36.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.5° North, 35.9° East |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| *International age/stage: | Piacenzian (minimum) | ||
| Key time interval: | Zanclean - Piacenzian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Koobi Fora | Member: | Lonyumun/Moiti | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: basal basalt and Lokochot Tuff radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: . | |||
| 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
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 13 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 291, 290, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 247, Area 250 - Lonyumun/Moiti, | ||
| Database number: | 21434 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | ||
| Created: | 1992-12-31 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-04-05 04:25:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-12-31 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4469. | ETE 104 | J. M. Harris. 1983. Koobi Fora Research Project The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Suidae. Clarendon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom 2 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton] |
Secondary references:
| 10215 | ETE | M. Beden. 1983. Family Elephantidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:40-129 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton] |
| 10217 | ETE | J. M. Harris. 1983. Family Suidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:215-302 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton] |
| 10231 | ETE | J. M. Harris. 1983. Family Rhinocerotidae. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Suidae 2:130-155 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton] |