Also known as Lukenya Hill
Where: Athi-Kapiti Plains, Kenya (1.5° S, 37.1° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 37.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Dated with C14. UCLA-1709 = 17,700 (+-)760yrs and 17,670 (+-)800yrs. Gx-3699 = 15320 (+-)450. Gx-3698 = 13,730 (+-)430.
Environment/lithology: cave
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• Includes both Occurrence E and F, Late Pleistocene Geometric separated from late Holocene ceramic by a disconformity. Material held in National Museums of Kenya.
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32113: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 05.06.2003, edited by Denne Reed
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Felis serval" = Caracal serval
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Equus sp., "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli, "Equus grevyi" = Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi
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Oreotragus oreotragus, Ourebia ourebi, Raphicerus campestris, Sylvicapra grimmia, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Connochaetes taurinus, "Gazella granti" = Nanger granti, "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, Redunca fulvorufula, Oryx gazella, Pelorovis antiquus, Bos taurus
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