West Turkana - Loruth Kaado III (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 94, LK3, Loruth Kaado III,

Where: Rift Valley, Kenya (4.7° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.6° N, 35.6° 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: fluvial-lacustrine; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
• ETE rock type adj: fine-grained, ETE lithology comments: also conglomerates; 20m of sediments; see Natoo Fauna

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 21297: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 31.05.1991

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet., Metridiochoerus compactus
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis, Hippopotamus gorgops
"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis Coryndon 1977 hippo
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Alcelaphini indet., Damaliscus sp., cf. Megalotragus sp., Kobus sigmoidalis
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-sm
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
cf. Megalotragus sp. van Hoepen 1932 antelope
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope