Maboko Island - surface: Langhian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Anaspinosa leakeyi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Indet. Mollusca
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255 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
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Indet. indet.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Nectridia | ||||||||||
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Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Siluriformes | ||||||||||
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Perciformes | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Prodeinotherium hobleyi
(Andrews 1911)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Titanohyracidae
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Pachyhyrax championi
(Arambourg 1933)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Afrohyrax championi | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus sp.
Gloger 1841
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Brachypotherium heinzelini
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tragulidae
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Dorcatherium pigotti
Whitworth 1958
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Dorcatherium chappuisi
Arambourg 1933
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Climacoceratidae
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Climacoceras africanus
MacInnes 1936
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61 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Kenyalagomys sp.
MacInnes 1953
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Pedetidae
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Megapedetes sp.
MacInnes 1957
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Anomaluridae
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Zenkerella sp.
Matschie 1898
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Phiomyidae
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Phiomyidae indet.
Wood 1955
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Phiomyidae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Ramapithecus wickeri
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Sivapithecus | ||||||||||
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Limnopithecus legetet
Hopwood 1933
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Proconsulidae
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Proconsul vancouveringi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Victoriapithecidae
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Victoriapithecus sp.
von Koenigswald 1969
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23 specimens | |||||||||
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Victoriapithecus macinnesi
von Koenigswald 1969
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28 specimens | |||||||||
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Victoriapithecus leakeyi
von Koenigswald 1969
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Victoriapithecus macinnesi | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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1332 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Chelonia | ||||||||||
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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12 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Lacertilia | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ophidia
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Ophidia indet.
Latreille 1804
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Ophidia | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pythonidae
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Pythonidae indet.
(Fitzinger 1826)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Pythonidae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Amphisbaenidae
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Amphisbaenidae indet.
Gray 1865
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Amphisbaenidae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Varanidae
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Varanidae indet.
Hardwicke and Gray 1824
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Varanidae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crocodylidae
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Crocodylidae indet.
Cuvier 1807
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382 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Crocodylidae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
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Amphibia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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26 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Anura | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Cichliformes
- Cichlidae
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Cichlidae indet.
Heckel 1840
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cichlidae | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 0.2° North, 34.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.7° South, 32.9° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| *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: Min age = 13.8 +/- .04 Ma (Bed 8 Tuff). Max age = ~17 Ma (based on biostratigraphy) radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tuff | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "massive muds and silts, calcretes, altered and unaltered tuffs" | |||
| Environment: | wet floodplain | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: very wet floodplain | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 2159 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 483, 482, 481, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list: KNM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 890, Kiboko, Maboko Island - surface, | ||
| Database number: | 22069 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-02-24 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-02-04 04:30:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-02-24 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5302. | ETE 1026 | B. R. Benefit and M. L. McCrossin. 1989. New primate fossils from the Middle Miocene of Maboko Island, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 18:493-497 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |