Also known as ETE Locality 903, Kiboko, Maboko Island - Maboko fm.,
Where: Kenya (0.2° N, 34.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 32.9° E)
When: Maboko Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Min age = 13.8 +/- .04 Ma (Bed 8 Tuff). Max age = ~17 Ma (based on biostratigraphy) radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; tuff
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 522, 521, 488, 487, 483, 482, 481, 480, 479, 478, 477, 456, 121, 81, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Primary reference: A. J. Winkler. 1997. Systematics, Paleobiogeography, and Paleoenvironmental Significance of Rodents from the Ibole Member, Manonga Valley, Tanzania. In T. Harrison (ed.), Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania. Plenum Press, New York and London 311-332 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22082: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 25.02.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Bathyergidae indet. Waterhouse 1841 mole rat ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bathyergidae
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Micropithecus leakeyorum n. sp.
Micropithecus leakeyorum n. sp. Harrison 1989 monkey provenance "Maboko Main" according to Harrison 1989; originally tied to reference 5292
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cf. Victoriapithecus sp. von Koenigswald 1969 monkey
Victoriapithecus macinnesi von Koenigswald 1969 monkey | |
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae
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cf. Kenyapithecus sp. Leakey 1961 ape | |
"Kenyapithecus africanus" = Equatorius africanus, "Kenyapithecus cf. africanus" = Equatorius africanus
"Kenyapithecus africanus" = Equatorius africanus Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1951 ape
"Kenyapithecus cf. africanus" = Equatorius africanus Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1951 ape | |
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Erinaceidae
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Chalicotheriidae indet. Gill 1872 chalicothere ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Chalicotheriidae
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cf. Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
cf. Eotragus sp. Pilgrim 1939 antelope | |
cf. Palaeotragus sp. Gaudry 1861 giraffe | |
cf. Megalohyrax sp. Andrews 1903 hyrax ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Pachyhyrax championi?
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Reptilia | |
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle | |
cf. Pelusios sp. Wagler 1830 sideneck turtle | |
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile | |
Aves | |
cf. Burhinidae indet. Mathews 1912 stone-curlew ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: cf. Burhinidae
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Ardeidae indet. Leach 1820 heron ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Ardeidae (4 species)
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