Kipsaramon - K089 (Miocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 1097, Kipsaramon, Poi, Baringo, K089, Kipsaramon - K089,

Where: Kenya (0.8° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 0.0° N, 34.2° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tiim Formation, Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 15.6 Ma;Min age = 15.4 Ma radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: fluvial influx>lacustr env
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: bonebed w/fn sand&cly

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 939, 930, 926, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: A. J. Winkler. 1992. Systematics and biogeography of middle Miocene rodents from the Muruyur Beds, Baringo District, Kenya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12(2):236-249 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22273: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 05.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
  -
Protragoceros sp., cf. Paleomerycidae indet., Choerlophodon sp.
cf. Paleomerycidae indet.
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Paleomerycidae
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Primates indet.
Primates indet. Linnaeus 1758 primate
ETE occurrence; species: Primates
 Primates - Proconsulidae
cf. Proconsul major
cf. Proconsul major Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1950 ape
 Primates - Victoriapithecidae
Victoriapithecus sp.
Victoriapithecus sp. von Koenigswald 1969 monkey
 Primates -
Kalepithecus sp.
Kalepithecus sp. Harrison 1989 monkey
 Rodentia - Anomaluridae
Anomaluridae indet.
Anomaluridae indet. Gill 1872 scaly-tailed squirrel
ETE occurrence; species: Anomaluridae
 Rodentia - Pedetidae
Pedetidae indet.
Pedetidae indet. Gray 1825 springhare
ETE occurrence; species: Pedetidae
 Rodentia -
Diamantomys luederitzi
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aceratherium sp., Paradiceros sp.
Aceratherium sp. Kaup 1834 rhinoceros
Paradiceros sp. Hooijer 1968 rhinoceros
 Placentalia -
Artiodactyla indet.
Artiodactyla indet. even-toed ungulate
ETE occurrence; species: Artiodactyla
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
cf. Hippopotamidae indet.
cf. Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821 hippopotamus
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Hippopotamidae
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet.
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
ETE occurrence; species: Giraffidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet.
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Bovidae
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium sp.
Dorcatherium sp. Kaup 1839 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
cf. Listriodon sp.
cf. Listriodon sp. von Meyer 1846 pig
 Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet.
Proboscidea indet. proboscidean
ETE occurrence; species: Proboscidea
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Protanancus sp.
Protanancus sp. Arambourg 1945 gomphothere
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium
"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium Kaup 1829 deinothere
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
ETE occurrence; species: Chelonia
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian
ETE occurrence; species: Crocodylia
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
unclassified
  -
Plantae indet.
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
ETE occurrence; species: Plantae