Maboko Main Locality, Maboko Island (Bed 3): Langhian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Lorisidae
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Lorisidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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| ETE occurrence; species: Galaginae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Galagidae
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Komba winamensis
McCrossin 1992
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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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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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
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Kenyapithecus africanus
(Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1951)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Equatorius africanus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Victoriapithecidae
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Victoriapithecus sp.
von Koenigswald 1969
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Victoriapithecus macinnesi
von Koenigswald 1969
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233 specimens | |||||||||
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Victoriapithecus leakeyi
von Koenigswald 1969
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Victoriapithecus macinnesi | ||||||||||
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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
- Tragulidae
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Dorcatherium chappuisi
Arambourg 1933
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Climacoceratidae
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Climacoceras africanus
MacInnes 1936
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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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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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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364 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Chelonia | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pythonidae
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Pythonidae indet.
(Fitzinger 1826)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Pythonidae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Kinyang mabokoensis n. gen., n. sp.
Brochu et al. 2022
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Brochu et al. 2022 | |||||||||
| KNM-MB 29176 - holotype; referred remains: KNM-MB 21977, 25727, 25729, 25747, 25748, 25749, 25752,25756, 25757, 28136, 28143, 83205 | ||||||||||
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Crocodylidae indet.
Cuvier 1807
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34 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Crocodylidae | ||||||||||
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= Brochuchus parvidens n. sp.
Cossette et al. 2020
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Cossette et al. 2020 | |||||||||
| KNM-MB 36682 - type | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
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Amphibia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Anura | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Mollusca indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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90 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 0.2° North, 34.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.7° South, 32.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| *International age/stage: | Langhian (minimum) | ||
| Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Maboko | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Min age = 14.71 +/- .16 Ma (Bed 8 Tuff). Max age = ~17 Ma (based on biostratigraphy). radiometric intage_min | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy claystone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: greenish-yellow sandy clay underlain by mottled brown and white bentonite | |||
| 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: | bulk,selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 778 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 487, 483, 482, 481, 480, 479, 478, 477, 81, ; ETE museum list: KNM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 899, Quarry 1, Kiboko, Maboko Island - Bed 3 | ||
| Database number: | 22078 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, P. Mannion | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | ||
| Created: | 1999-02-25 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-06-09 03:54:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-02-25 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5310. | ETE 1034 | M. L. McCrossin. 1992. New species of bushbaby from the Middle Miocene of Maboko Island, Kenya. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 89:215-233 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |
Secondary references:
| 81849 | C. A. Brochu, A. De Celis, A. J. Adams, S. K. Drumheller, J. H. Nestler, B. R. Benefit, A. Grossman, F. Kirera, T. Lehmann, C. Liutkus-Pierce, F. K. Manthi, M. L. McCrossin, K. P. McNulty and R. Nyaboke Juna. 2022. Giant dwarf crocodiles from the Miocene of Kenya and crocodylid faunal dynamics in the late Cenozoic of East Africa. The Anataomical Record 305(10):2729-2765 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 73795 | A. P. Cossette, A. J. Adams, S. K. Drumheller, J. H. Nestler, B. R. Benefit, M. L. McCrossin, F. K. Manthi, R. Nyaboke Juma, and C. A. Brochu. 2020. A new crocodylid from the middle Miocene of Kenya and the timing of crocodylian faunal change in the late Cenozoic of Africa. Journal of Paleontology 94(6):1165-1179 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |