PBDB Collection

West Turkana - Lomekwi III (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 152, LO3, Lomekwi III,

Where: Rift Valley, Kenya (3.9° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 35.5° E)

When: Lomekwi Member (Nachukui Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: between Lokalalei Tuff (2.52 +/- 0.05) and Tulu Bor Tuff (3.36 +/- 0.04) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: upward fining cycles in- clude paleosols

• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: see Upper Lomekwi Fauna

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

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

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 21353: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 14.06.1991, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Diceros bicornis, Ceratotherium simum Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
Artiodactyla - Suidae	"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti, Metridiochoerus andrewsi "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926 pig
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Alcelaphini indet., Damaliscus sp., Kobus oricornis, Kobus sp., Aepyceros shungurae, Tragelaphus scriptus, Ugandax sp. Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-sm Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope Kobus oricornis antelope Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.C-W.Turkana Aepyceros shungurae Gentry 1985 impala Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Turkana sp. nov.
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffa sp. Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe
Tribosphenida - Sivatheridae	"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium "Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Cercopithecidae indet. Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae-med.
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki, "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: brumpti "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae	Deinotherium bozasi Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere
Adenota
-	"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki "Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932