Ngorora fm. - mbr. A: Serravallian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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ETE occurrence; species: Rhinocerotidae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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ETE occurrence; species: Bovidae | ||||||||||
Sivoreas eremita
Pilgrim 1939
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Protragocerus labidotus
Gentry 1970
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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ETE occurrence; species: Canidae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotheriidae indet.
Hay 1922
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ETE occurrence; species: Gomphotheriidae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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ETE occurrence; species: cf. Trionychidae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Pelomedusidae
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Pelomedusidae indet.
Cope 1868
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ETE occurrence; species: Pelomedusidae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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ETE occurrence; species: Crocodylia | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Cichliformes
- Cichlidae
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Cichlidae indet.
Heckel 1840
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ETE occurrence; species: cf. Cichlidae | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Cyprinidae
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Cyprinidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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ETE occurrence; species: cf. Cyprinidae | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Clariidae
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Clariidae indet.
Bonaparte 1846
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ETE occurrence; species: cf. Clariidae | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Kenya |
Coordinates: | 0.9° North, 35.9° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 0.2° North, 34.4° East |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
*Period: | Tertiary - Tertiary | *Epoch: | Miocene (minimum) |
Key time interval: | Serravallian | ||
Age range of interval: | 13.82000 - 11.62000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | claystone | ||
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: clays&coarse tuffs | |||
Environment: | lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lahars |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection size: | 13 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 943, 925, ; ETE museum list: KNM |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 1114, Baringo, Ngorora fm. - mbr. A, | ||
Database number: | 22290 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
Created: | 1999-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-10-06 12:35:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-05 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
5579. | ETE 1319 | H. Thomas. 1981. Les bovides miocenes de la formation de Ngorora du Bassin de Baringo (Rift Valley, Kenya) 3. Proceedings of the Koninkluke Ned.Akad.Van Wet.:Series B 84(4):377-392 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |