Naivasha Railway Shelter (Holocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 752, Naivasha Railway Shelter,

Where: Kenya (0.7° S, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 36.4° E)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 532000 +- 135 BP on PN material; dates on wood charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: eolian

• ETE sed env 1: eolian, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: stratified open site
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: silts and sands

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 490, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: J. R. F. Bower and C.M. Nelson. 1977. Early Pottery and Pastoral Cultures of the Central Rift Valley, Kenya. Man 13:554-66 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21933: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecus mitis
Cercopithecus mitis Wolf 1822 blue monkey
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus capensis
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare
 Rodentia - Muridae
Otomys sp., Arvicanthis abyssinicus, Tatera nigricauda, Rattus rattus
Otomys sp. Cuvier 1824 mouse
Tatera nigricauda large naked-soled gerbil
Rattus rattus Linnaeus 1758 black rat
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
Tachyoryctes splendens
Tachyoryctes splendens Rüppell 1835 Northeast african mole rat
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera pardus
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Aepyceros melampus, Raphicerus campestris, Sylvicapra grimmia, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Connochaetes taurinus, "Gazella granti" = Nanger granti, "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, Redunca redunca, Caprini indet., Bos taurus, Taurotragus oryx, Tragelaphus scriptus
Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest
"Gazella granti" = Nanger granti Brooke 1872 Grant's gazelle
"Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni Gunther 1884 Thomson's gazelle
Redunca redunca Hamilton Smith 1827 bohor reedbuck
Caprini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Caprini
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Heterohyrax brucei
Heterohyrax brucei Gray 1868 rock hyrax