Lothidok Hill (Oligocene of Kenya)

Also known as Losodok Hill

Where: Turkana, Kenya (3.4° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 0.9° N, 32.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Erageleit Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• Erageleit beds; ages based on basalt beds above and below the fossiliferous bed

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Kenya National Museums (led by R. Leakey) in 1986

Primary reference: M. G. Leakey, P. S. Ungar, and A. Walker. 1995. A new genus of large primate from the late Oligocene of Lothidok, Turkana District, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 28(6):519-531 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174662: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 23.11.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Thyrohyrax kenyaensis, Meroehyrax kyongoi, Brachyhyrax oligocenus
Thyrohyrax kenyaensis Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009 hyrax
KNM-LS 18177,18221 and 18250
Meroehyrax kyongoi Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009 hyrax
KNM-LS 18249
Brachyhyrax oligocenus Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009 hyrax
KNM-LS 18175, 18176 and 18222
 Hyracoidea - Titanohyracidae
Afrohyrax "n. sp."
Afrohyrax "n. sp." Pickford 2004 hyrax
KNM-LS 18223
 Embrithopoda - Arsinoitheriidae
Arsinoitherium sp.
Arsinoitherium sp. Beadnell 1902 placental
KNM-LS 18
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Losodokodon losodokius n. gen. n. sp.
Losodokodon losodokius n. gen. n. sp. Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009 mastodon
KNM-LS 18244 - holotype; referred specimens: KNM-LS 18212, 18214,18234 and 18243
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Prodeinotherium sp.
Prodeinotherium sp. Ehik 1930 deinothere
KNM-LS 2, 3, 5, 6, 18240, 18242 and 18236
 Primates -
"Proconsul hamiltoni n. sp." = Kamoyapithecus hamiltoni
"Proconsul hamiltoni n. sp." = Kamoyapithecus hamiltoni Madden 1980 monkey
KNM-LS 7 - type (right maxillary fragment); referred specimens: KNM-LS 8, 18351, 18352, 18359 (mandibular and maxillary fragments and teeth)
 Rodentia -
Diamantomys timius n. sp.
Diamantomys timius n. sp. Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009 rodent
KNM-LS - type (left dentary)
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Brachyodus sp.
Brachyodus sp. Depéret 1895 anthracothere
KNM-LS 18225, 18227, 18233, 18237 and 18238
 Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
Hyainailouros sp.
Hyainailouros sp. Stehlin 1907 creodont
KNM-LS 18215 and 18230