Also known as ETE Locality 137, Kaloma, Kaloma Hill,

Where: Nyanza, Kenya (0.1° S, 34.6° E: paleocoordinates 1.0° S, 32.9° E)

When: Maboko Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: equivalent in age to Maboko sites (14-16 Ma); overlying Kisumu Phonolite dated by K/Ar at 12.3 +/- 0.02 My radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: P. Andrews, G. E. Meyer, D. R. Pilbeam, J. A. Van Couvering, and J. A. H. Van Couvering. 1981. The Miocene fossil beds of Maboko Island, Kenya: Geology, age, taphonomy, and palaeontology. Journal of Human Evolution 10:35-48 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21338: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 10.06.1991, edited by John Alroy

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