Lothagam-Nawata fm/Apak mbr: Tortonian - Zanclean, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Kubwaxerus pattersoni
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. nov.
Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropodidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: nov. Orycteropodidae
Leptorycteropus guilielmi Patterson 1975
originally entered as "Leptorycteropus guiliemi"
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Primelephas gomphotheroides Maglio 1970
1 individual
synonym of Primelephas korotorensis
Stegotetrabelodon orbus Maglio 1970
originally entered as "Stegatetrobelodon orbus"
Stegotetrabelodon orbus Maglio 1970
1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922
ETE occurrence; species: Gomphotheriidae
Anancinae indet. Hay 1922
ETE occurrence; species: Anancinae
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium sp. Kaup 1829
corrected as Dinotherium
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
Australopithecus cf. africanus Dart 1925
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
cf. Parapapio sp. Jones 1937
ETE occurrence; species: small
cf. Cercocebus sp. Geoffroy 1812
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion primigenium (von Meyer 1829)
recombined as Hippotherium primigenium
Hipparion cf. primigenium (von Meyer 1829)
2 specimens
recombined as Hippotherium primigenium
Hipparion sitifense Pomel 1897
nomen dubium belonging to Hipparion
originally entered as "Hipparion sistifense"
Hipparion cf. sitifense Pomel 1897
3 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Hipparion
Hipparion turkanense Hooijer and Maglio 1974
recombined as Eurygnathohippus turkanense
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Hippopotamidae sp. 2
Hexaprotodon harvardi Coryndon 1977
3 specimens
recombined as Archaeopotamus harvardi
Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon) informal sp. A (Falconer and Cautley 1836)
original and current combination Hexaprotodon
ETE occurrence; species: A (Hexaprotodon)
Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon) informal sp. B (Falconer and Cautley 1836)
original and current combination Hexaprotodon
ETE occurrence; species: B (Hexaprotodon)
Mammalia - Suidae
Nyanzachoerus tulotos
originally entered as "Nyanachoerus tulotos"
Nyanzachoerus aff. jaegeri Coppens 1971
ETE occurrence; species: mak - species name from unique name; originally entered as "Nyanachoerus aff. jaegeri"
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Pachytragus-like
aff. Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847
ETE occurrence; species: aff. Aepyceros
aff. Redunca sp. Smith 1827
ETE occurrence; species: aff. Redunca
Redunca aff. ancystrocera Arambourg 1947
ETE occurrence; species: mak - species name from unique name
Kobus elliptica
originally entered as "elliptica elliptica"
aff. Kobus sp. Smith 1840
ETE occurrence; species: aff. Kobus
Antilope sp. Pallas 1766
aff. Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894
ETE occurrence; species: aff. Damaliscus
aff. Rhynchotragus sp. Neumann 1905
ETE occurrence; species: aff. Rhynocotragus
Gazella informal sp. A Blaineville 1816
ETE occurrence; species: A
Gazella informal sp. B Blaineville 1816
ETE occurrence; species: B
Miotragocerus sp. Stromer 1928
originally entered as "Miotragoceras sp."
Tragelaphus informal sp. A de Blainville 1816
ETE occurrence; species: A
Tragelaphus informal sp. B de Blainville 1816
ETE occurrence; species: B
Tragelaphus cf. nakuae Arambourg 1941
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Felinae large
Machairodontinae indet. Gill 1872
ETE occurrence; species: Machairodontinae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
cf. Civettictis indet. Pocock 1915
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Hyaenidae
aff. Euryboas sp. Schaub 1941
ETE occurrence; species: aff. Euryboas
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
ETE occurrence; species: Squamata
Reptilia - Pythonidae
Pythonidae indet. (Fitzinger 1826)
ETE occurrence; species: Pythoninae
Reptilia - Theropoda
Anseriformes indet. Wagler 1831
ETE occurrence; species: Anseriformes
Reptilia
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
Euthecodon sp. Fortau 1920
Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae
cf. Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: cf. Pelomedusidae
Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Podocnemis informal sp. 1 Wagler 1830
ETE occurrence; species: sp. 1 nov.
Podocnemis informal sp. 2 Wagler 1830
ETE occurrence; species: sp. 2 nov.
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
ETE occurrence; species: Trionychidae
Cladistia - Polypteriformes - Polypteridae
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803
Gastropoda - Viviparidae
cf. Bellamya indet. Jousseaume 1886
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gastropoda - Ampullariidae
Lanistes carinatus
originally entered as "carinatus carinatus"
Gastropoda - Thiaridae
Melanoides indet. Olivier 1804
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gastropoda - Barleeiidae
cf. Caelatura sp. Conrad 1865
ETE occurrence; species: mak - shift family name to genus name, new species name "sp. A" chnaged
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Ampullaria wernei
spelled with current rank as Natica (Ampullaria)
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 2.9° North, 36.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.5° North, 35.2° East
Time
Period:Neogene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary
*International age/stage:Tortonian - Piacenzian
Key time interval:Tortonian - Zanclean
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Nawata and Nachukui Member:Lower/Upper Nawata & Apak
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age=8.31+/-.25 Ma;Min age = 3.71+/- .23 Ma radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "Nawata fm:conglom,ss,sdy;Apak mbr:ss,silt lenses"
Environment:fluvial indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "large, slow, well-oxygenated river"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk
Collection size:68 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 924, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1059, Lothagam 2, Lothagam 1, Lothagam 1 & 2, Lothagam, Lothagam-Nawata fm/Apak mbr,
Database number:22236
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:G. Varnham
Created:1999-06-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2022-04-27 05:30:13
Access level:the public Released:1999-06-30 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5448.ETE 1183M. G. Leakey and C. Feibel. 1996. Lothagam: a record of faunal change in the late Miocene of East Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3):556-570 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/J. Alroy]