Also known as ETE Locality 1060, "Lothagam 1, 2 & 3", Lothagam, Lothagam- horizon indet.
Where: Kenya (2.9° N, 36.1° E: paleocoordinates 2.6° N, 35.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: All Member (Nawata and Nachukui Formation), Messinian to Messinian (7.2 - 2.6 Ma)
• Base of Nawata formation dated by K-Ar to 7.44 +/- 0.05 Ma on the Lower Marker (43 m above the base of the Nawata formation). Underlying Nabwal Arangan Beds are dated from 14.2 +/- 0.02 Ma to 9.1 +/- 0.02 Ma, but no fossils are known to derive from these horizons. Top of the Nachukui Formation is undated, however KBS tuff located near the top of the section is 1.88 +/- 0.02 Ma.
• group-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; poorly lithified, pebbly, volcaniclastic, silty, sandy sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
• This collection consists of fossil specimens recovered from Lothagam that cannot be assigned to a more specific horizon (formation or member). Most specimens listed here derive from early research at the site led by B. Patterson. Collection is housed at the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi under the designation KNM-LT.
Primary reference: M. G. Leakey and J. M. Harris. 2003. Lothagam: the dawn of humanity in eastern Africa. Lothagam: the dawn of humanity in eastern Africa 678 [A. Behrensmeyer/R. Bobe/R. Bobe]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22237: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 30.06.1999, edited by John Damuth and Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Kubwaxerus pattersoni n. sp., 2, 2, 2, 2, sp.2, sp.2, kyaeloae2, indet.2, 2, sp.2, sp.2, cataphractus2, lloidi2, cf. sp.2, harvardi2, crabs2, spp.2, spp.2, cf. sp.2, spp.2, indet.2, indet.2, indet.2, spp.2, indet.2, williamsi2, africanus2, indet.2, indet.2, debroinae2, frenatum2, indet.2, spp.2, indet.2, gomphotheroides2, orbus2, indet.2, sitifense2, guiliemi2, cf. primigenium2, turkanense2
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Turkanemys pattersoni n. sp.
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Elephantidae indet., Stegotetrabelodon orbus, "Primelephas gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis
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Hexaprotodon sp., Archaeopotamus lothagamensis n. gen.1, "Hexaprotodon harvardi" = Archaeopotamus harvardi
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Tragoportax sp., Aepyceros premelampus n. sp., Alcelaphini indet., Damalacra sp., Reduncini indet., Kobus presigmoidalis n. sp., Hippotragini indet., Madoqua sp., Bovini indet., Boselaphini indet., Tragelaphus kyaloae, Tragelaphus nakuae
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