Lukenya Hill GvJm 19, 110-80cm: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Tubulidentata
- Orycteropodidae
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Orycteropus afer
(Pallas 1766)
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| MNI = 1 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Procaviidae
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Procavia sp.
Storr 1780
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| or Heterohyrax. MNI = 1 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Herpestidae
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Herpestes sp.
Illliger 1811
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| MNI = 1 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis serval
Schreber 1776
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| recombined as Caracal serval | ||||||||||
| MNI = 1 | ||||||||||
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Panthera leo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| MNI = 1 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa camelopardalis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| MNI = 1 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Alcelaphus buselaphus
Pallas 1766
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| MNI = 5 | ||||||||||
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Connochaetes taurinus
(Burchell 1823)
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| MNI = 2 | ||||||||||
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Gazella thomsoni
Gunther 1884
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| recombined as Eudorcas thomsoni | ||||||||||
| MNI = 2 | ||||||||||
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Raphicerus campestris
(Thunberg 1811)
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| original and current combination Antilope campestris | ||||||||||
| MNI = 1 | ||||||||||
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Ourebia ourebi
(Zimmerman 1783)
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| original and current combination Antilope ourebi | ||||||||||
| MNI = 2 | ||||||||||
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Oreotragus oreotragus
(Zimmermann 1783)
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| MNI = 1 | ||||||||||
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Madoqua kirki
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| MNI = 1 | ||||||||||
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Redunca fulvorufula
(Afzelius 1815)
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| MNI = 2 | ||||||||||
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Sylvicapra grimmia
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| MNI = 2 | ||||||||||
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Caprinae indet.
Gray 1821
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| Ovicaprid. MNI = 1 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Phacochoerus aethiopicus
(Pallas 1766)
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| MNI = 1 | ||||||||||
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Potamochoerus porcus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| MNI = 1 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus burchelli
Gray 1824
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| recombined as Equus quagga burchelli | ||||||||||
| MNI = 4 | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Pedetes capensis
(Forster 1778)
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| original and current combination Yerbua capensis | ||||||||||
| MNI = 1 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Kenya | State/province: | Athi-Kapiti |
| Coordinates: | 1.5° South, 37.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.5° South, 37.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Quaternary | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Pleistocene |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: A rock overhang. Dated using C14. Sample Gx-6757 = 8170(+-)1500 and 8010(+-)340. Gx-6756 = 6770(+-)225. Gx-6755 = 6040(+-)225. |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | cave |
| Geology comments: Rock overhang. Tropical climate, savanna biome. Vegetation - arid, dry, woody growth in form of dry bush and scrub vegetation, near desert-like conditions. | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Collection size: | 128 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Holocene Aceramic in early Holocene, Holocene ceramic in middle Holocene. Material held in National Museum of Kenya. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lukenya Hill | ||
| Database number: | 32119 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | ||
| Created: | 2003-06-05 10:00:04 | Last modified: | 2003-06-06 09:38:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-06-05 10:00:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8626. | ETE | C. W. Marean. 1992. Implications of Late Quaternary mammalian fauna from Lukenya Hill (South-Central Kenya) for paleoenvironmental change and faunal extinctions. Quaternary Research 37:239-255 [A. Behrensmeyer/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |