Lukeino fm.: Messinian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Pteridophyta indet.
Haeckel 1875
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ETE occurrence; species: Pteridophyte | ||||||||||
Angiospermae
- Fabales
- Fabaceae
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aff. Acacia mellifera
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Angiospermae
- Poales
- Poaceae
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Gramineae indet.
de Jussieu
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synonym of Poaceae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystricidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Hystrix sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Nesomyidae
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Dendromurinae indet.
Alston 1875
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Muridae indet.
Illiger 1811
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Alilepus sp.
Dice 1931
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Mammalia
- Primates
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Cercopithecoidea indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Cercopithecidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Australopithecus afarensis
Johanson et al. 1978
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Chalicotheriidae indet.
Gill 1872
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Ancylotherium sp.
Gaudry 1863
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparionini indet.
Quinn 1955
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ETE occurrence; species: Hipparioninae; originally entered as "Hipparioninae" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sivachoerus tulotos
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Nyanzachoerus syrticus
(Leonardi 1954)
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original and current combination Sivachoerus syrticus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamidae indet.
Gray 1821
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22 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cephalophus sp.
Smith 1827
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Reduncini indet.
Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Aepyceros sp.
Sundevall 1847
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Tragelaphini indet.
Blyth 1863
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tragelaphini/Boselaphini | ||||||||||
Tragelaphus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Ugandax sp.
Cooke and Coryndon 1970
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa sp.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Carnivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Homotherium sp.
Fabrini 1890
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Pachycrocuta sp.
Kretzoi 1938
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Herpestidae
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Atilax sp.
Cuvier 1826
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ETE occurrence; species: nov. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Arctoidea indet.
Flower 1869
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Sivaonyx soriae n. sp.
Morales and Pickford 2005
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Morales and Pickford 2005 | |||||||||
Enhydriodon cf. iluecai
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originally entered as "Enhydrion cf. iluecai" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Tubulidentata
- Orycteropodidae
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Orycteropus sp.
Geoffroy 1791
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotheriidae indet.
Bonaparte 1845
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Anancus kenyensis
MacInnes 1942
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Primelephas gomphotheroides
Maglio 1970
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synonym of Primelephas korotorensis | ||||||||||
Loxodonta sp.
Cuvier 1825
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Stegotetrabelodon orbus
Maglio 1970
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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 1298 | A. 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] |