Lukeino fm. - mbr. B (Miocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 1140, Lukeino, Baringo, Lukeino fm. - mbr. B,

Where: Kenya (0.5° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 0.2° N, 35.0° E)

When: B Member (Lukeino Formation), Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 6.20 +/- .19 Ma;Min age = 5.9-5.1 Ma radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "fluvial, floodplain envts. to the S"
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "slts&sh w/rdbds,diatom sh/ls"

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 955, 954, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: A. Hill, G. Curtis, and R. Drake. 1986. Sedimentary stratigraphy of the Tugen Hills,Baringo,Kenya. Geological Society of America Special Publication 25:285-295 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22316: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 05.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Actinopteri
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae indet.
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish
ETE occurrence; species: Cyprinidae
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylidae indet.
Crocodylidae indet. crocodile
ETE occurrence; species: Crocodylidae
Aves
  -
Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
ETE occurrence; species: Aves
Reptilia
 Squamata - Varanidae
Varanidae indet.
Varanidae indet. Hardwicke and Gray 1824 monitor lizard
ETE occurrence; species: Varanidae
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet.
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
ETE occurrence; species: Trionychidae
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet.
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
ETE occurrence; species: Testudinidae
 Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelomedusidae indet.
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868 sideneck turtle
ETE occurrence; species: Pelomedusidae
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp.
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotheriidae indet.
Chalicotheriidae indet. Gill 1872 chalicothere
ETE occurrence; species: Chalicotheriidae
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium sp.
Ceratotherium sp. Gray 1868 white rhino
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. sitifense
Hipparion cf. sitifense Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp.
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Nyanzachoerus tulotos
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphini indet., Antilopini indet., Hippotragini indet., Neotragini indet., Reduncini indet.
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Tragelaphini
Antilopini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Antelopini
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Hippotragini
Neotragini indet. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Neotragini
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Reduncini
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp.
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydriodon sp.
Enhydriodon sp. Falconer 1868 otter
originally entered as "Enhydrion sp."
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet.
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
ETE occurrence; species: Felidae
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Primelephas sp., Stegotetrabelodon sp.
Primelephas sp. Maglio 1970 elephant
Stegotetrabelodon sp. Petrocchi 1941 elephant
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium sp.
Deinotherium sp. Kaup 1829 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus sp.
Anancus sp. Aymard 1855 gomphothere