Lukeino fm.: Messinian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pteridophyta indet. Haeckel 1875
ETE occurrence; species: Pteridophyte
Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
aff. Acacia mellifera
Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Gramineae indet. de Jussieu
synonym of Poaceae
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystricidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Nesomyidae
Dendromurinae indet. Alston 1875
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Alilepus sp. Dice 1931
Mammalia - Primates
Cercopithecoidea indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Australopithecus afarensis Johanson et al. 1978
1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotheriidae indet. Gill 1872
Ancylotherium sp. Gaudry 1863
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparionini indet. Quinn 1955
ETE occurrence; species: Hipparioninae; originally entered as "Hipparioninae"
Mammalia - Suidae
Sivachoerus tulotos
Nyanzachoerus syrticus (Leonardi 1954)
original and current combination Sivachoerus syrticus
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821
22 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
2 specimens
Cephalophus sp. Smith 1827
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
2 specimens
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tragelaphini/Boselaphini
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816
Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Carnivora
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Pachycrocuta sp. Kretzoi 1938
Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
Atilax sp. Cuvier 1826
ETE occurrence; species: nov.
Mammalia - Carnivora
Arctoidea indet. Flower 1869
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Sivaonyx soriae n. sp. Morales and Pickford 2005
Morales and Pickford 2005
Enhydriodon cf. iluecai
originally entered as "Enhydrion cf. iluecai"
Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotheriidae indet. Bonaparte 1845
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus kenyensis MacInnes 1942
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Primelephas gomphotheroides Maglio 1970
synonym of Primelephas korotorensis
Loxodonta sp. Cuvier 1825
Stegotetrabelodon orbus Maglio 1970
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 0.5° North, 35.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.2° North, 35.0° East
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Messinian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*International age/stage:Messinian - Messinian
Key time interval:Messinian
Age range of interval:7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lukeino
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 6.20 +/- .19 Ma;Min age = 5.9-5.1 Ma radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: slts/tffs/sh/rdbds/ls
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: period dessic
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:61 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 940, 926, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1098, Lukeino, Baringo, Lukeino fm.,
Database number:22274
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer, M. Uhen Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1999-08-05 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-25 21:59:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-05 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

5560.ETE 1298A. Hill, G. Curtis, and R. Drake. 1986. Sedimentary stratigraphy of the Tugen Hills,Baringo,Kenya. Geological Society of America Special Publication 25:285-295 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]

Secondary references:

30983 J. Morales and M. Pickford. 2005. Giant bunodont Lutrinae from the Mio-Pliocene of Kenya and Uganda. Estudios Geologicos 61(3-6):233-246 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]