PBDB Collection

Chemeron fm. (Pliocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 1091, Baringo, Chemeron, Chemeron Formation

Where: Kenya (0.7° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 35.4° E)

When: Chemeron Formation, Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 5.9-5.14 Ma );Min age = 1.57 or 2.13 radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

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•See Deino et al. 2002 and Deino and Hill 2002

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0

• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: strat silts&tuffs w/fossil&ferrug grav horiz

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 937, 936, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: A. J. Winkler. 1988. The Neogene rodent succession of the Baringo Basin, Kenya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(3,Suppl.):29A. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 22267: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 04.08.1999, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Placentalia -	Rodentia indet. Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
Rodentia - Muridae	Muridae indet. Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse
Rodentia - Hystricidae	Hystricidae indet., cf. Xenohystrix crassidens Hystricidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 porcupine cf. Xenohystrix crassidens porcupine
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Sciuridae indet. Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
Primates -	Hominoidea indet. Hominoidea indet. Gray 1825 ape
Primates - Hominidae	Hominidae indet., Australopithecus sp., aff. Ardipithecus ramidus, Homo sp. Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine aff. Ardipithecus ramidus White et al. 1994 ape Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human
Primates -	Cercopithecoidea indet. Cercopithecoidea indet. Gray 1821 monkey
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Cercopithecidae indet., Colobinae indet., Theropithecus barlowi, Paracolobus chemeroni Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey Colobinae indet. Blyth 1875 monkey Theropithecus barlowi gelada Paracolobus chemeroni Leakey 1969 monkey
Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae	Ancylotherium hennigi Ancylotherium hennigi chalicothere
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Ceratotherium praecox, Ceratotherium simum Ceratotherium praecox white rhino Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hipparionini indet. Hipparionini indet. Quinn 1955 hipparionine horse originally entered as "Hipparioninae indet."
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	Hippopotamidae indet. Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821 hippopotamus
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Kolpochoerus afarensis, Kolpochoerus limnetes, "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus, Potamochoerus porcus, Nyanzachoerus kanamensis, Nyanzachoerus jaegeri, "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978 pig Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958 pig Nyanzachoerus jaegeri Coppens 1971 pig "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovini indet., Tragelaphus sp., "Tragelaphus cf. spekei" = Tragelaphus spekii, "Kobus aff. porrecticornis" = Antilope porrecticornis, Aepyceros sp., Kobus sp. Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope "Tragelaphus cf. spekei" = Tragelaphus spekii Sclater 1864 sitatunga "Kobus aff. porrecticornis" = Antilope porrecticornis Lydekker 1878 antelope Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Enhydriodon cf. campani Enhydriodon cf. campani otter originally entered as "Enhydrion cf. campani"
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Crocuta sp., cf. Pachycrocuta sp. Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena cf. Pachycrocuta sp. Kretzoi 1938 brown hyaena
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Loxodonta adaurora, Loxodonta exoptata, "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki, "Primelephas gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970 African elephant Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant "Primelephas gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis Coppens 1965 elephant
Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae	Deinotherium bozasi Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere
Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae	Anancus kenyensis Anancus kenyensis MacInnes 1942 gomphothere