Sagatia - BPRP K075: Zanclean, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
ETE occurrence; species: Crocodilia
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788
Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Primelephas gomphotheroides Maglio 1970
synonym of Primelephas korotorensis
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus kenyensis MacInnes 1942
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papionini indet.
1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Sivaonyx ekecaman (Werdelin 2003)
Morales and Pickford 2005
Enhydriodon cf. campani
originally entered as "Enhydrion cf. campani"
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Felidae sm
Panthera sp. Oken 1816
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Bovida
Mammalia - Suidae
Nyanzachoerus jaegeri Coppens 1971
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 0.7° North, 35.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.5° North, 35.4° East
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary - Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene (minimum)
*International age/stage:Zanclian
Key time interval:Zanclean
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chemeron
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max age=4.96+/-.03 or 5.25+/-.04;Fauna sugg min age 4.15 Ma radiometric intage_max,
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "tuff, sands, silts"
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:19 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 941, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1101, Baringo, /232, UTM 36N ZR 186844, Sagatia, BPRP K075, Sagatia - BPRP K075,
Database number:22277
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 21:59:05
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-05 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5563.ETE 1301A. Hill. 1985. Early hominid from Baringo,Kenya. Nature (London) 315(6016):222-224 [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]