Lainyamok: Pleistocene, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
10 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rodentia
Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia sp. Storr 1780
7 specimens
Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus afer (Pallas 1766)
32 specimens
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Elephantidae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
Ichneumia albicauda (Cuvier 1829)
6 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena hyaena (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
3 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae
Panthera pardus (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
4 specimens
Felis libyca Forster 1780
11 specimens
Felis caracal Schreber 1776
2 specimens
recombined as Caracal caracal
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mellivora capensis (Schreber 1776)
4 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Canidae
Canis adustus Sundevall 1847
5 specimens
recombined as Schaeffia adusta
Lycaon pictus (Temminck 1820)
1 specimen
Otocyon sp. Müller 1835
8 specimens
Otocyon megalotis (Desmarest 1822)
1 specimen
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
8 specimens
Canis mesomelas Schreber 1775
4 specimens
recombined as Lupulella mesomelas
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
28 specimens
Equus burchelli Gray 1824
24 specimens
recombined as Equus quagga burchelli
Equus grevyi Oustalet 1882
56 specimens
recombined as Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Mammalia - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Potamochoerus porcus (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Phacochoerus aethiopicus (Pallas 1766)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
2 specimens
Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus 1758)
7 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
462 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
7 specimens
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
10 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
Connochaetes sp. (Lichtenstein 1812)
2 specimens
Damaliscus hunteri
1 specimen
Damaliscus lunatus (Burchell 1823)
3 specimens
Damaliscus cf. dorcas (Pallas 1766)
27 specimens
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
2 specimens
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini
Hippotragus equinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803)
7 specimens
original and current combination Antilope equina
Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816
4 specimens
Oryx beisa (Rüppell 1835)
6 specimens
Madoqua sp. Ogilby 1837
7 specimens
Antilopini indet. Gray 1821
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopini
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847
1 specimen
Gazella thomsoni Gunther 1884
11 specimens
recombined as Eudorcas thomsoni
Gazella granti Brooke 1872
18 specimens
recombined as Nanger granti
Litocranius walleri Brooke 1878
2 specimens
Cephalophini indet. Blyth 1863
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cephalophini
Cephalophus sylvicultor (Afzelius 1815)
1 specimen
Bovini indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovini
Taurotragus oryx (Pallas 1766)
17 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867
7 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: .; Double entry removed, abundance could be 2
Mammalia - Rodentia - Pedetidae
Pedetes sp. Illiger 1811
7 specimens
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777
6 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 1.8° South, 36.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.8° South, 36.2° East
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Quaternary - Quaternary *Epoch:Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene - Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Local bed:Khaki 2
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = 392,000 +- 4000yrs, Min = 330,000+-6000 yrs radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: mudflow, ETE lithology comments: volcanic mudflow deposited subaerially under high energy conditions
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:6600 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 487, 485, 482, 481, 480, 479, 478, 477, 454, 81, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 783, Lainyamok,
Database number:21963
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth, R. Potts
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1997-08-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:1997-08-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

5266.ETE 978R. Potts and A. Deino. 1995. Mid-Pleistocene change in large mammal faunas of East Africa. Quaternary Research 43:106-113 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]