Lukeino fm. - mbr. B: Messinian, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydriodon sp. Falconer 1868
originally entered as "Enhydrion sp."
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Felidae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. sitifense Pomel 1897
nomen dubium belonging to Hipparion
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium sp. Gray 1868
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotheriidae indet. Gill 1872
ETE occurrence; species: Chalicotheriidae
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Bovidae
Neotragini indet. Sclater and Thomas 1894
ETE occurrence; species: Neotragini
Antilopini indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Antelopini
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
ETE occurrence; species: Reduncini
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845
ETE occurrence; species: Hippotragini
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863
ETE occurrence; species: Tragelaphini
Mammalia - Suidae
Nyanzachoerus tulotos
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus sp. Aymard 1855
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium sp. Kaup 1829
corrected as Dinotherium
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Stegotetrabelodon sp. Petrocchi 1941
Primelephas sp. Maglio 1970
Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868
ETE occurrence; species: Pelomedusidae
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
ETE occurrence; species: Trionychidae
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788
ETE occurrence; species: Testudinidae
Reptilia - Varanidae
Varanidae indet. Hardwicke and Gray 1824
ETE occurrence; species: Varanidae
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: Aves
Reptilia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylidae indet. Cuvier 1807
ETE occurrence; species: Crocodylidae
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
ETE occurrence; species: Cyprinidae
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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 Member:B
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
Primary lithology:desiccation cracks siltstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "slts&sh w/rdbds,diatom sh/ls"
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "fluvial, floodplain envts. to the S"
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:26 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 955, 954, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1140, Lukeino, Baringo, Lukeino fm. - mbr. B,
Database number:22316
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
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]