Also known as ETE Locality 1091, Baringo, Chemeron, Chemeron Formation
Where: Kenya (0.7° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 35.4° E)
When: Chemeron Formation, Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 5.9-5.14 Ma );Min age = 1.57 or 2.13 radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
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•See Deino et al. 2002 and Deino and Hill 2002
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 937, 936, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Primary reference: A. J. Winkler. 1988. The Neogene rodent succession of the Baringo Basin, Kenya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(3,Suppl.):29A. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 22267: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 04.08.1999, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Loxodonta exoptata, Loxodonta adaurora, "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki, "Primelephas gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant
Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970 African elephant
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
"Primelephas gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis Coppens 1965 elephant | |
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere | |
Anancus kenyensis MacInnes 1942 gomphothere | |
Cercopithecoidea indet. Gray 1821 monkey | |
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
Paracolobus chemeroni Leakey 1969 monkey
Theropithecus barlowi gelada
Colobinae indet. Blyth 1875 monkey | |
Hominoidea indet. Gray 1825 ape | |
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine
Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human
aff. Ardipithecus ramidus White et al. 1994 ape | |
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent | |
Hystricidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 porcupine
cf. Xenohystrix crassidens porcupine | |
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse | |
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel | |
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
cf. Pachycrocuta sp. Kretzoi 1938 brown hyaena | |
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Ceratotherium praecox white rhino
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Ancylotherium hennigi chalicothere | |
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Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821 hippopotamus | |
Aepyceros sp., Kobus sp., "Kobus aff. porrecticornis" = Antilope porrecticornis, Bovini indet., Tragelaphus sp., "Tragelaphus cf. spekei" = Tragelaphus spekii
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
"Kobus aff. porrecticornis" = Antilope porrecticornis Lydekker 1878 antelope
Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
"Tragelaphus cf. spekei" = Tragelaphus spekii Sclater 1864 sitatunga | |
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti, Nyanzachoerus kanamensis, Nyanzachoerus jaegeri, Potamochoerus porcus, Kolpochoerus afarensis, Kolpochoerus limnetes, "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958 pig
Nyanzachoerus jaegeri Coppens 1971 pig
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog
Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog |