Enkapune Ya Muto Rockshelter (Holocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 778, Enkapune Ya Muto Rockshelter,

Where: Kenya (1.3° S, 36.3° E: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 36.2° E)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Holocene; 32 RC dates, 30 on harcoal and 2 on ostrich eggshell radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: cave

• ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: rock shelter
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: base rock-lavas,tuffs and agglomerates; reddish-brown loam

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 489, 487, 482, 481, 479, 477, 456, 121, 81, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: C. W. Marean, N. Mudida, and K. E. Reed. 1994. Holocene Paleoenvironmental Change in the Kenyan Central Rift Indicated by Micromammals from Enkapune Ya Muto Rockshelter. Quaternary Research 41:376-389 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 21959: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 21.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae
Elephantulus brachyrhynchus Smith 1834 Short-snouted elephant shrew
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832 white-toothed shrew
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
Tachyoryctes splendens Rüppell 1835 Northeast african mole rat
 Rodentia - Nesomyidae
Dendromus sp. Smith 1829 African climbing mice
 Rodentia - Muridae
Thamnomys rutilans mouse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or venustus
Lophuromys flavopunctatus mouse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or sikapusi
Praomys jacksoni African soft-furred rat
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or natalensis
Lemniscomys sp. Trouessart 1881 striped grass mouse
Mylomys
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