Also known as ETE Locality 91, Natoo region,
Where: Rift Valley, Kenya (4.3° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 35.7° E)
When: Natoo Member (Nachukui Formation), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Lower Koobi Fora Tuff (=Okote Tuff; 1.64 +/- 0.03) &Lower Nariokotome Tuff (1.33 +/- 0.03) radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; yellow sandstone
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KENYA N.M.
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 21294: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 02.04.1992
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Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816 | |
Aves | |
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Reptilia | |
Euthecodon brumpti Joleaud 1920 crocodile | |
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle | |
Mammalia | |
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Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere | |
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum hipparionine horse
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis Coryndon 1977 hippo
Hippopotamus aethiopicus Coryndon and Coppens 1975 hippo
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928 hippo | |
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe | |
Bovidae indet., Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Tragelaphus nakuae, Pelorovis sp., Caprini indet., Aepyceros cf. melampus, Reduncini indet., Reduncini indet., Menelikia lyrocera, Kobus cf. kob, Kobus sigmoidalis, Alcelaphini indet., Alcelaphini indet., Connochaetes sp., cf. Megalotragus sp., Damaliscus sp., Gazella sp., Gazella janenschi, Gazella praethomsoni
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Tragelaphus nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope
Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope
Aepyceros cf. melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941 antelope
Kobus cf. kob Erxleben 1777 kob
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope
cf. Megalotragus sp. van Hoepen 1932 antelope
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Gazella janenschi gazelle
Gazella praethomsoni Arambourg 1947 gazelle | |
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig | |
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental | |
"Canis cf. mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas
"Canis cf. mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Homo erectus Dubois 1892 human | |
Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada | |
Chondrichthyes | |
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