Tabarin - BPRP K077: Zanclean, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Clariidae
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Clarias sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Pelomedusidae
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Pelomedusidae indet.
Cope 1868
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| ETE occurrence; species: Pelomedusidae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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| ETE occurrence; species: Trionychidae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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| ETE occurrence; species: Crocodilia | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Australopithecus cf. afarensis
Johanson et al. 1978
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Homo antiquus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| ETE occurrence; species: Bovidae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| ETE occurrence; species: Hippopotamidae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Nyanzachoerus jaegeri
Coppens 1971
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| ETE occurrence; species: Rhinocerotidae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Anancus kenyensis
MacInnes 1942
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Primelephas gomphotheroides
Maglio 1970
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| synonym of Primelephas korotorensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium bozasi
Arambourg 1934
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| ETE occurrence; species: Bivalvia | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 0.7° North, 35.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.5° North, 35.4° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Tertiary - Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene (minimum) |
| *International age/stage: | Zanclian | ||
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chemeron | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max age=4.96+/-.03 or 5.25+/-.04;Fauna sugg min age 4.15 Ma radiometric intage_max, |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "tuff, sands, silts" | |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0 | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 15 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 921, ; ETE museum list: KNM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 1102, Baringo, UTM 36N ZR 186844, Tabarin, BPRP K077, Tabarin - BPRP K077, | ||
| Database number: | 22278 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1999-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-25 21:59:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-05 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5563. | ETE 1301 | A. Hill. 1985. Early hominid from Baringo,Kenya. Nature (London) 315(6016):222-224 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |