Ngeringerowa (Miocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 1116, Baringo, Ngeringerowa,

Where: Kenya (0.9° N, 35.9° E: paleocoordinates 0.2° N, 34.4° E)

When: Ngorora Formation, Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max age = 12.71 +/- .38 Ma;Min age = 10-8 Ma radiometric intage_max,

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: lacustrine shales&tuffs

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 944, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: A. Hill. 1985. Early hominid from Baringo,Kenya. Nature (London) 315(6016):222-224 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22292: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 05.08.1999, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Chelonia
Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Microcolobus tugenensis
Microcolobus tugenensis Benefit and Pickford 1986 monkey
 Primates - Proconsulidae
Proconsul sp.
Proconsul sp. Hopwood 1933 ape
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet.
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
cf. Reduncini indet.
cf. Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Reduncini
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
"Kenyapotamus coryndoni n. gen. n. sp." = Kenyapotamus coryndonae
"Kenyapotamus coryndoni n. gen. n. sp." = Kenyapotamus coryndonae Pickford 1983 hippopotamus
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Nyanzachoerus sp.
Nyanzachoerus sp. Leakey 1958 pig
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet.
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
ETE occurrence; species: Equidae