Also known as ETE Locality 1145, South Turkwel,
Where: Kenya (3.1° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 3.6° N, 35.4° E)
When: Lonyumun,Kataboi Member (Nachukui Formation), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Lonyamun mbr est to be 4.3-3.9 Ma;fluv sed=~3.2 Ma
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrinegraded
Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 926, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Primary reference: C. V. Ward, M. G. Leakey, B. Brown, F. Brown, J. Harris and A. Walker. 1999. South Turkwel: a new Pliocene hominid site in Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 36:69-95 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 22321: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 05.08.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885 placental | |
Parapapio sp. Jones 1937 monkey | |
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
"Hipparion hasumense" = Eurygnathohippus hasumense
"Hipparion hasumense" = Eurygnathohippus hasumense Eisenmann 1983 hipparionine horse | |
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis, "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus, "Potamochoerus afarensis" = Kolpochoerus afarensis
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958 pig
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
"Potamochoerus afarensis" = Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978 pig | |
Hexaprotodon protoamphibius pygmy hippo | |
Madoqua sp., Antidorcas sp., Alcelaphini indet., Aepyceros sp., Simatherium kohllarseni, Tragelaphus kyloae, Tragelaphus nakuae
Madoqua sp. Ogilby 1837 dikdik
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
Tragelaphus kyloae antelope
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope | |
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe | |
Megantereon sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat | |
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cf. Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid | |
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki, Loxodonta adaurora
Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970 African elephant |