Also known as ETE Locality 153, LO1, Lomekwi I,
Where: Rift Valley, Kenya (3.9° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 35.5° E)
When: Upper Lomekwi Member (Nachukui Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Lokalalei Tuff (2.52 +/- 0.05) and Tulu Bor Tuff (3.36 +/- 0.04) radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Primary reference: J. M. Harris, F.H. Brown, and M.G. Leakey. 1988. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of pliocene and Pleistocene Localities West of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 399:1-128 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21354: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 14.06.1991, edited by John Damuth
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine | |
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae-med.
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae-sm.
Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey | |
Hyaena hyaena Linnaeus 1758 striped hyaena | |
"Hipparion hasumense" = Eurygnathohippus hasumense
"Hipparion hasumense" = Eurygnathohippus hasumense Eisenmann 1983 hipparionine horse | |
Hexaprotodon protoamphibius pygmy hippo | |
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe | |
Aepyceros shungurae, Alcelaphini indet., Alcelaphini indet., Damaliscus sp., "Gazella cf. granti" = Nanger granti, Reduncini indet., Reduncini indet., Reduncini indet., Kobus oricornis, Kobus sp., Kobus sigmoidalis, Menelikia sp., Hippotragus gigas
Aepyceros shungurae Gentry 1985 impala
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-med
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-sm
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
"Gazella cf. granti" = Nanger granti Brooke 1872 Grant's gazelle
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-medium
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-small
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-large
Kobus oricornis antelope
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope
Menelikia sp. Arambourg 1941 antelope
Hippotragus gigas Leakey 1965 antelope | |
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti, Kolpochoerus limnetes
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
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