Kanapoi, Bed E (Pliocene of Kenya)
Where: Turkana District, Kenya (2.4° N, 36.1° E: paleocoordinates 2.2° N, 35.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Kanapoi Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• Age reported as 4.0-4.2 Myr based on Cooke 1978
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. A. Meylan, B.S. Weig, and R. Wood. 1990. Fossil soft-shelled turtles of the Lake Turkana Basin,Africa. Copeia 1:508-528 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185321: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 18.04.2017
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Reptilia | |
Cyclanorbis turkanensis n. sp.
Cyclanorbis turkanensis n. sp. Meylan et al. 1990 softshell turtle |