Kipsaramon - K089: Langhian - Serravallian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Protragoceros sp.
cf. Paleomerycidae indet.
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Paleomerycidae
Choerlophodon sp.
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
ETE occurrence; species: Plantae
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Mammalia - Rodentia
Diamantomys luederitzi
1 specimen
Mammalia - Rodentia - Anomaluridae
Anomaluridae indet. Gill 1872
ETE occurrence; species: Anomaluridae
Mammalia - Rodentia - Pedetidae
Pedetidae indet. Gray 1825
ETE occurrence; species: Pedetidae
Mammalia - Primates
Primates indet. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: Primates
Mammalia - Primates - Victoriapithecidae
Victoriapithecus sp. von Koenigswald 1969
Mammalia - Primates - Proconsulidae
cf. Proconsul major Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1950
1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates
Kalepithecus sp. Harrison 1989
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Paradiceros sp. Hooijer 1968
Aceratherium sp. Kaup 1834
Mammalia - Artiodactyla
Artiodactyla indet. Owen 1848
ETE occurrence; species: Artiodactyla
Mammalia - Suidae
cf. Listriodon sp. von Meyer 1846
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
cf. Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Hippopotamidae
Mammalia - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium sp. Kaup 1839
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Bovidae
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Giraffidae
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet. Illiger 1811
ETE occurrence; species: Proboscidea
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium sp. (Kaup 1825)
original and current combination Dinotherium
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Protanancus sp. Arambourg 1945
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
synonym of Testudines
ETE occurrence; species: Chelonia
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
ETE occurrence; species: Crocodylia
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 0.8° North, 35.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.0° North, 34.2° East
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
*International age/stage:Langhian - Langhian
Key time interval:Langhian - Serravallian
Age range of interval:15.97000 - 11.62000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tiim
Local section:Muruyur Local bed:Muruyur
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 15.6 Ma;Min age = 15.4 Ma radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: bonebed w/fn sand&cly
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: fluvial influx>lacustr env
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:26 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 939, 930, 926, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1097, Kipsaramon, Poi, Baringo, K089, Kipsaramon - K089,
Database number:22273
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:1999-08-05 00:00:00 Last modified:2022-02-11 06:32:08
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-05 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

5452.ETE 1188A. J. Winkler. 1992. Systematics and biogeography of middle Miocene rodents from the Muruyur Beds, Baringo District, Kenya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12(2):236-249 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/J. Alroy]