South Turkwel: Pliocene, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Australopithecus sp.
Dart 1925
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Parapapio sp.
Jones 1937
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Colobinae informal indet. lg.
(Blyth 1875)
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| ETE occurrence; species: Colobinae lg. | ||||||||||
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Colobinae informal indet. sm.
(Blyth 1875)
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| ETE occurrence; species: Colobinae sm. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
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Lagomorpha indet.
Brandt 1885
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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cf. Canidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Megantereon sp.
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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Homotherium sp.
Fabrini 1890
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Civettictis civetta
(Schreber 1776)
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| originally entered as "Civetticus civetta" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion hasumense
Eisenmann 1983
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| recombined as Eurygnathohippus hasumense | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hexaprotodon protoamphibius
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa stillei
Arambourg 1947
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Aepyceros sp.
Sundevall 1847
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Madoqua sp.
Ogilby 1837
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Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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| ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini-sm | ||||||||||
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Antidorcas sp.
Sundevall 1847
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Tragelaphus kyloae
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Tragelaphus nakuae
Arambourg 1941
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Simatherium kohllarseni
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| originally entered as "Simatherium kohllarsoni" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Nyanzachoerus kanamensis
Leakey 1958
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Notochoerus euilus
(Hopwood 1926)
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| original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus | ||||||||||
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Potamochoerus afarensis
(Cooke 1978)
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| original and current combination Kolpochoerus afarensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium bozasi
Arambourg 1934
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta adaurora
Maglio 1970
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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| recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
| ETE occurrence; species: early | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 3.1° North, 35.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.6° North, 35.4° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary - Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene - Pliocene |
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Nachukui | Member: | Lonyumun,Kataboi | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Lonyamun mbr est to be 4.3-3.9 Ma;fluv sed=~3.2 Ma |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: Lo:clyst/sh/tff/ss;Up:ss/conglom | |||
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "lo lacus seq, up fluv seq" | |||
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 39 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 926, ; ETE museum list: KNM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 1145, South Turkwel, | ||
| Database number: | 22321 | ||
| 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:
| 5479. | ETE 1217 | C. V. Ward, M. G. Leakey, B. Brown, F. Brown, J. Harris and A. Walker. 1999. South Turkwel: a new Pliocene hominid site in Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 36:69-95 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |