Chemoigut_fm: Pleistocene, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Indet. Bivalvia
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
ETE occurrence; species: Siluriformes
Reptilia
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868
ETE occurrence; species: Pelomedusidae
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
ETE occurrence; species: Trionychidae
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas cf. recki Dietrich 1915
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium sp. Gray 1868
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Hippopotamus cf. amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Suidae
Mesochoerus limnetes
Metridiochoerus hopwoodi Leakey 1958
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Giraffidae
Mammalia - Bovidae
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini-sm
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini-v sm
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
34 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
cf. Connochaetes sp. (Lichtenstein 1812)
cf. Megalotragus kattwinkeli (Scwarz 1932)
1 specimen
original and current combination Alcelaphus kattwinkeli
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
4 specimens
cf. Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847
3 specimens
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tragelaphini
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863
5 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: cf. Tragelaphini
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816
Bovini indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovini
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus sp. Geoffroy 1843
Gastropoda - Viviparidae
Bellamya indet. Jousseaume 1886
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 0.7° North, 36.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.6° North, 36.1° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Quaternary - Quaternary *Epoch:Pleistocene - Pleistocene
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chemoigut
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Fauna sugg age of 1.34 Ma;paleomag sugg age 0.7-2.4 Ma
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "clys,grit,slts,tuffs,calc,algal ls"
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: shallow water
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:73 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 938, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1094, Tugen Hills, Chemoigut, Baringo, Chemoigut_fm,
Database number:22270
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1999-08-04 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-25 21:59:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-04 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5562.ETE 1300W. W. Bishop and M.H. Pickford. 1975. Geology,fauna and palaeoenvironments of the Ngorora Formation,Kenya Rift Valley. Nature (London) 254(5497):185-192 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]