Also known as ETE Locality 1092, Tugen Hills, Chemoigut, Baringo, Chemoigut fm.,
Where: Kenya (0.7° N, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 0.6° N, 36.1° E)
When: Chemoigut Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Fauna sugg age of 1.34 Ma;paleomag sugg age 0.7-2.4 Ma
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine
Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 937, 936, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Primary reference: W. W. Bishop and M.H. Pickford. 1975. Geology,fauna and palaeoenvironments of the Ngorora Formation,Kenya Rift Valley. Nature (London) 254(5497):185-192 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 22268: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 04.08.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gnathostomata | |
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Reptilia | |
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile | |
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Mammalia | |
"Elephas cf. recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas cf. recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant | |
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere | |
Theropithecus sp. Geoffroy 1843 gelada | |
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine | |
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Alcelaphini indet., Alcelaphini indet., Alcelaphini indet., "cf. Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli, cf. Connochaetes sp., cf. Antidorcas sp., Kobus sp., Bovini indet., Tragelaphini indet., Tragelaphini indet., Tragelaphus sp.
"cf. Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest
cf. Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
cf. Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: cf. Tragelaphini
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope | |
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926 pig
Metridiochoerus hopwoodi Leakey 1958 pig | |
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo
Hippopotamus cf. amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Ceratotherium sp. Gray 1868 white rhino | |
Gastropoda | |
Bellamya indet. Jousseaume 1886 snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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