JM 90 (Pliocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 1104, Baringo, JM 90,

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: finely-stratified silts&tuffs

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 942, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: J. Martyn and V. Phillip. 1967. Pleistocene deposits and new fossil localities in Kenya. Nature (London) 215(5100):476-480 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22280: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 05.08.1999, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio baringensis
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros