Ngorora fm. - mbr. E: Serravallian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
unclassified
Annelida indet. Lamarck 1809
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Pongidae indet. Elliot 1913
synonym of Hominidae
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Pongidae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Rhinocerotidae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Equidae
Mammalia - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Suidae
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
Boselaphini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1997
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Boselaphini
Pseudotragus gentryi Thomas 1981
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. nov.
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Giraffidae
Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procaviidae indet. Thomas 1892
ETE occurrence; species: Procaviidae
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922
ETE occurrence; species: Gomphotheriidae
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
ETE occurrence; species: Trionychidae
Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868
ETE occurrence; species: Pelomedusidae
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
ETE occurrence; species: Crocodylia
Actinopteri - Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840
ETE occurrence; species: Cichlidae
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Cyprinidae
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clariidae indet. Bonaparte 1846
ETE occurrence; species: 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
Formation:Ngorora Member:E
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max age = 12.71 +/- .38 Ma;Min age = 10-8 Ma radiometric intage_max,
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: diatom/conglom/tuffs
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: upper sediments are fluvial
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:20 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 944, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1124, Baringo, Ngorora, Ngorora fm. - mbr. E,
Database number:22300
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 1319H. 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]