Karterit-8V/8 (Holocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 1333, Karterit-8V/8,

Where: Nak-Elment.Basin, Kenya (0.5° S, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° S, 36.1° E)

When: Karterit Cliff Formation (Karterit Cliffs Group), Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 0 radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine_lg, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Freshwater lake=large size
• ETE rock type adj: diatomaceous, ETE lithology comments: Pale brown diatomaceous silts

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 960, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: C. K. Washbourn-Kamau. 1970. Late Quaternary chronology of the Nakuru-Elmenteita Basin,Kenya. Nature (London) 226(5242):253-254 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22500: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.04.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Anisus natalensis snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Biomphalaria indet. Preston 1910 snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Burnupia indet. Walker 1912 snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Corbicula africana clam
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
 Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
Pisidium indet. Pfeiffer 1821 pea clam
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name