Majiwa: Langhian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Choerlophodon kisumuensis
Careastus indet.
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Edouardia indet.
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Nilotica nilotica
11 specimens
Protanacus macinnesi
2 specimens
Trochanina indet.
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Chilidotherium pattersoni
6 specimens
Daimantohyus africanus
1 specimen
Homorus indet.
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Krafiella indet.
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Edentulina indet.
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Primigulella indet.
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Tayloria indet.
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Schizichoerini indet.
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Schizichoerini
Reptilia
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
2 specimens
Reptilia - Pythonidae
Pythonidae indet. (Fitzinger 1826)
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Pythonidae
Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae
cf. Pelusios sp. Wagler 1830
2 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
5 specimens
Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791
1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Prodeinotherium hobleyi (Andrews 1911)
9 specimens
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922
13 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Gomphotheriidae
Mammalia - Creodonta
Creodonta indet. (Cope 1875)
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Creodonta
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
22 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
Mammalia - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Libycochoerus khinzekebirus
1 specimen
Listriodon akatikubas Wilkinson 1976
5 specimens
cf. Lopholistriodon moruoroti Wilkinson 1976
1 specimen
Mammalia - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium cf. pigotti Whitworth 1958
2 specimens
Dorcatherium cf. chappuisi Arambourg 1933
1 specimen
Mammalia - Giraffidae
cf. Palaeotragus sp. Gaudry 1861
2 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
8 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
cf. Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
2 specimens
Mammalia - Climacoceratidae
Climacoceras africanus MacInnes 1936
4 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Pedetidae
Pedetidae indet. Gray 1825
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Pedetidae - sm
Mammalia - Primates - Dendropithecidae
Micropithecus leakeyorum Harrison 1989
1 specimen
described by Harrison 1989 (ref 5308)
Mammalia - Primates
Kenyapithecus africanus (Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1951)
5 specimens
recombined as Equatorius africanus
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Dryopithecus sp. Lartet 1856
1 specimen
Kenyapithecus sp. Leakey 1961
3 specimens
Kenyapithecus sp. Leakey 1961
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name "sp. 2"
Mammalia - Primates - Victoriapithecidae
Victoriapithecus macinnesi von Koenigswald 1969
1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
cf. Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: cf. Cerocpithecidae
Dipnomorpha - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Achatinidae
Limicolaria indet. Schumacher 1817
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gastropoda - Ampullariidae
Ampullaria ovata Olivier 1804
1 specimen
recombined as Pila ovata
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
Myriapoda
Myriapoda indet. (Latreille 1802)
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Myriapoda
Insecta - Lepidoptera
cf. Lepidoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758
5 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: cf. Lepidoptera cocoon
Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895
ETE occurrence; species: Poaceae
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 0.2° North, 34.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.8° 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: Max age = ~17 Ma based on biostratigraphy. Min age = 11.8 +/- 1.0 my (K/Ar date on Majiwa phonolite) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty conglomerate
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "silts, calcretes, and silty conglomerates"
Environment:fluvial indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: river and floodplains
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:153 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 483, 482, 481, 480, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 892, Majiwa,
Database number:22071
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:1999-02-24 00:00:00 Last modified:2022-02-04 04:31:23
Access level:the public Released:1999-02-24 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4656.ETE 298M. Pickford. 1982. New Higher Primate Fossils from the Middle Miocene Deposits at Majiwa and Kaloma, Western Kenya. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 58:1-19 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]