Also known as Lothagam-Nachukui fm, Kaiyumung mb.
Where: Kenya (2.9° N, 36.1° E: paleocoordinates 2.7° N, 35.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Kaiyumung Member (Nachukui Formation), Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Not well dated. Top of underlying member is estimated at 3.9 Ma. KBS tuff in overlying strata is 1.88 +/- 0.02 Ma.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; poorly lithified, pebbly, sandy sandstone and poorly lithified mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), mechanical, sieve,
• Held at the National Musuems of Kenya, Nairobi under designation KNM-LT-
Primary reference: M. G. Leakey and J. M. Harris. 2003. Lothagam: the dawn of humanity in eastern Africa. Lothagam: the dawn of humanity in eastern Africa 678 [A. Behrensmeyer/R. Bobe/R. Bobe]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22239: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 30.06.1999, edited by Suzanne Cote and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Gymnarchus sp. Cuvier 1829 aba knifefish | |
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish | |
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816 | |
Siluriformes indet. catfish | |
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish | |
Clarotes sp. Kner 1855 catfish | |
Bagridae indet. Bleeker 1852 naked catfish
Bagrus aff. sp. Bosc 1816 naked catfish | |
Lates niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch | |
Tilapiini indet. Carnevale et al. 2003 tilapiine | |
Tetraodon sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Perciformes indet. Bleeker 1859 perch-like fish | |
Percoidei indet. Bleeker 1859 perch-like fish | |
Cladistia | |
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Osteichthyes | |
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Aves | |
cf. Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich | |
Reptilia | |
Euthecodon brumpti Joleaud 1920 crocodile
Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni Brochu and Storrs 2012 crocodile | |
Turkanemys pattersoni n. sp.
Turkanemys pattersoni n. sp. Wood 2003 sideneck turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere | |
Ceratotherium praecox white rhino | |
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Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe | |
Tragelaphus kyaloae, Tragelaphus cf. scriptus, Simatherium aff. kohllarseni, Bovini indet., Raphicerus sp., Aepyceros premelampus n. sp., Reduncini indet., Kobus presigmoidalis n. sp., Alcelaphini indet., Damalacra sp., Hippotragini indet., ? Praedamalis sp.
Tragelaphus kyaloae Harris 1991 antelope
Tragelaphus cf. scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
Simatherium aff. kohllarseni antelope
Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Aepyceros premelampus n. sp. Harris 2003 impala
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
Kobus presigmoidalis n. sp. Harris 2003 antelope
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope
? Praedamalis sp. Dietrich 1950 antelope | |
Nyanzachoerus pattersoni, "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog | |
Dinofelis aronoki Werdelin and Lewis 2001 cat | |
cf. Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine | |
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Thryonomys cf. gregorianus Thomas 1894 Lesser cane rat | |
Australopithecus cf. afarensis Johanson et al. 1978 australopithecine | |
Theropithecus cf. brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
cf. Parapapio sp. Jones 1937 monkey |