West Turkana - Naiyena Engol III (Pliocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 89, NY3, Naiyena Engol III,

Where: Rift Valley, Kenya (4.2° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 35.5° E)

When: Kaitio Member (Nachukui Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene to Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Malbe Tuff (1.86 +/- 0.02) & Lower Koobi Fora Tuff (=Okote Tuff; 1.64 +/- 0.03); Malbe Tuff also dated by Ar/Ar

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: sand, silt, clay; see Kaitio Fauna

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KENYA N.M.

Primary reference: C. S. Feibel. 1994. Freshwater stingrays from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Turkana Basin, Kenya and Ethiopia. Lethaia 26:359-366 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21292: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.08.1999, edited by John Damuth

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta sp.
Loxodonta sp. Cuvier 1825 African elephant
 Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium problematicus
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Damaliscus sp., cf. Megalotragus sp., Aepyceros cf. melampus, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Pelorovis sp.
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
cf. Megalotragus sp. van Hoepen 1932 antelope
Aepyceros cf. melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-W.Turkana
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus andrewsi, Metridiochoerus modestus, Kolpochoerus limnetes
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926 pig
Metridiochoerus modestus van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis, Hippopotamus gorgops
"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis Coryndon 1977 hippo
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928 hippo
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis africana
Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959 whiptail stingray