Maboko Main Locality, Maboko Island (Bed 3) (Miocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 899, Quarry 1, Kiboko, Maboko Island - Bed 3

Where: Kenya (0.2° N, 34.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 32.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Min age = 14.71 +/- .16 Ma (Bed 8 Tuff). Max age = ~17 Ma (based on biostratigraphy). radiometric intage_min

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; sandy claystone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: very wet floodplain
• greenish-yellow sandy clay underlain by mottled brown and white bentonite

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 487, 483, 482, 481, 480, 479, 478, 477, 81, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: M. L. McCrossin. 1992. New species of bushbaby from the Middle Miocene of Maboko Island, Kenya. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 89:215-233 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22078: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 25.02.1999, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Chelonia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Kinyang mabokoensis n. gen. n. sp.1, Brochuchus parvidens n. sp.2
Kinyang mabokoensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Brochu et al. 2022 crocodile
KNM-MB 29176 - holotype; referred remains: KNM-MB 21977, 25727, 25729, 25747, 25748, 25749, 25752,25756, 25757, 28136, 28143, 83205
Brochuchus parvidens n. sp.2 Cossette et al. 2020 crocodile
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Crocodylidae
 Squamata - Pythonidae
Pythonidae indet.
Pythonidae indet. Fitzinger 1826 python
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Pythonidae
Mammalia
 Primates - Galagidae
Komba winamensis
Komba winamensis McCrossin 1992 galago
 Primates - Lorisidae
Lorisidae indet.
Lorisidae indet. Gray 1821 loris
ETE occurrence; species: Galaginae
 Primates - Victoriapithecidae
Victoriapithecus sp., "Victoriapithecus macinnesi" = Victoriapithecus macinnesi, "Victoriapithecus leakeyi" = Victoriapithecus macinnesi
Victoriapithecus sp. von Koenigswald 1969 monkey
"Victoriapithecus macinnesi" = Victoriapithecus macinnesi von Koenigswald 1969 monkey
"Victoriapithecus leakeyi" = Victoriapithecus macinnesi von Koenigswald 1969 monkey
 Primates - Hominidae
Limnopithecus legetet, "Ramapithecus wickeri" = Sivapithecus
Limnopithecus legetet Hopwood 1933 ape
"Ramapithecus wickeri" = Sivapithecus ape
 Primates -
"Kenyapithecus africanus" = Equatorius africanus
"Kenyapithecus africanus" = Equatorius africanus Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1951 ape
 Rodentia - Pedetidae
Megapedetes sp.
Megapedetes sp. MacInnes 1957 springhare
 Artiodactyla - Climacoceratidae
Climacoceras africanus
Climacoceras africanus MacInnes 1936 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium chappuisi
Dorcatherium chappuisi Arambourg 1933 chevrotain
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Prodeinotherium hobleyi
Prodeinotherium hobleyi Andrews 1911 deinothere
Amphibia
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Amphibia indet.
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Anura
 Mollusca -
Mollusca indet.
Mollusca indet. mollusk
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
1Brochu et al. 2022; 2Cossette et al. 2020