PBDB Collection

West Turkana - Lomekwi I (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 153, LO1, Lomekwi I,

Where: Rift Valley, Kenya (3.9° N, 35.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 3.3° N, 35.7° E (Wright 2013)

When: Upper 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 21354: 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
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: shungurensis
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Hyaena hyaena Hyaena hyaena Linnaeus 1758 striped hyaena
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Kolpochoerus limnetes, "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	Hexaprotodon protoamphibius Hexaprotodon protoamphibius pygmy hippo
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Aepyceros shungurae, Hippotragus gigas, "Gazella cf. granti" = Nanger granti, Alcelaphini indet., Alcelaphini indet., Damaliscus sp., Reduncini indet., Reduncini indet., Reduncini indet., Kobus oricornis, Kobus sp., Kobus sigmoidalis, Menelikia sp. Aepyceros shungurae Gentry 1985 impala Hippotragus gigas Leakey 1965 antelope "Gazella cf. granti" = Nanger granti Brooke 1872 Grant's gazelle Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-med Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-sm Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-medium Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-small Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini-large Kobus oricornis antelope Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.A-W.Turkana Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope Menelikia sp. Arambourg 1941 antelope
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffa sp. Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe
Perissodactyla - Equidae	"Hipparion hasumense" = Eurygnathohippus hasumense "Hipparion hasumense" = Eurygnathohippus hasumense Eisenmann 1983 hipparionine horse
Primates - Hominidae	"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei "Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Cercopithecidae indet., Cercopithecidae indet., Paracolobus mutiwa, Theropithecus brumpti Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae-med. Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae-sm. Paracolobus mutiwa Leakey 1982 monkey Theropithecus brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada