East Turkana - Lonyumun HS: Zanclean, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Praomy minor
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Actinopteri
- Centropomidae
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Lates sp.
Cuvier 1828
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Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Cyprinidae
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Cyprinidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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ETE occurrence; species: Cyprinidae | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Osteoglossiformes
- Gymnarchidae
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Gymnarchus sp.
Cuvier 1829
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Cladistia
- Polypteriformes
- Polypteridae
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Polypterus sp.
Lacépède 1803
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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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ETE occurrence; species: Chiroptera | ||||||||||
Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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ETE occurrence; species: Insectivora | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephantidae indet.
Gray 1821
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ETE occurrence; species: Elephantidae | ||||||||||
Elephas sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium bozasi
Arambourg 1934
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Soricidae indet.
Fischer 1814
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ETE occurrence; species: Soricidae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustelidae indet.
Fischer 1817
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ETE occurrence; species: Mustelidae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felidae indet.
Gray 1821
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ETE occurrence; species: Machairodontinae | ||||||||||
Dinofelis sp.
Zdansky 1924
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaenidae indet.
Gray 1821
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ETE occurrence; species: Hyaenidae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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cf. Nyanzachoerus sp.
Leakey 1958
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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ETE occurrence; species: Rhinocerotidae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Muridae indet.
Illiger 1811
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ETE occurrence; species: Muridae | ||||||||||
Thallomys quadrilobatus
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciuridae indet.
Gray 1821
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ETE occurrence; species: Sciuridae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Cercopithecidae indet.
Gray 1821
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ETE occurrence; species: Colobinae | ||||||||||
Parapapio sp.
Jones 1937
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Australopithecus cf. afarensis
Johanson et al. 1978
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13 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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ETE occurrence; species: Trionychidae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Euthecodon brumpti
(Joleaud 1920)
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original and current combination Tomistoma brumpti | ||||||||||
Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Kenya |
Coordinates: | 3.6° North, 36.2° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 3.4° North, 35.8° East |
Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
*International age/stage: | Zanclian - Zanclian | ||
Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Koobi Fora | Member: | Lonyumun | ||
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age=4.35 +/- .05 (Karsa Basalt);min age=4.00 +/- .1 (Moiti Tuff) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: med sands/mdst/20cm bonebed | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: meander river chan |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 40 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 949, ; ETE museum list: KNM |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 1162, Lonyamun HS, | ||
Database number: | 22338 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
Modifier: | A. Behrensmeyer | ||
Created: | 1999-08-19 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-10-06 12:35:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-19 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
5549. | ETE 1287 | K. Coffing, C. Feibel, M. Leakey and A. Walker. 1994. Four-million-year-old hominids from East Lake Turkana, Kenya. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 93:55-65 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |