Also known as ETE Locality 73, Lainyamok - excavation,
Where: Kenya (1.8° S, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 1.8° S, 36.2° E)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: see Lainyamok - general radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: dry floodplain; siltstone
Collection methods: bulk
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KENYA N.S.
Primary reference: R. Potts, P. Shipman, and E. Ingall. 1988. Taphonomy, Paleoecology, and Hominids of Lainyamok, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 17:596-614 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 21277: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.06.1991, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 aardvark | |
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Procavia sp. Storr 1780 Cape hyrax | |
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777 baboon | |
Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human | |
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion | |
Hyaena hyaena Linnaeus 1758 striped hyaena | |
Ichneumia albicauda Cuvier 1829 white-tailed mongoose | |
Lycaon pictus Temminck 1820 African wild dog
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Otocyon megalotis Desmarest 1822 bat-eared fox | |
Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog | |
Bovidae indet., Reduncini indet., Madoqua sp., Cephalophus sylvicultor, Litocranius walleri, "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, "Gazella granti" = Nanger granti, Aepyceros melampus, Alcelaphini indet., Damaliscus cf. dorcas, Hippotragini indet., Hippotragus equinus, Oryx beisa, Taurotragus oryx
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini
Madoqua sp. Ogilby 1837 dikdik
Cephalophus sylvicultor Afzelius 1815 yellow-backed duiker
Litocranius walleri Brooke 1878 antelope
"Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni Gunther 1884 Thomson's gazelle
"Gazella granti" = Nanger granti Brooke 1872 Grant's gazelle
Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Damaliscus cf. dorcas Pallas 1766 bontebok
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini
Hippotragus equinus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803 roan antelope
Oryx beisa Rüppell 1835 East African oryx
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland | |
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758 giraffe | |
Equus sp., "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli, "Equus grevyi" = Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
"Equus grevyi" = Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi Oustalet 1882 Grevy's zebra |