Also known as ETE Locality 1393, Peninj-Kipalagu,

Where: Lake Natron Basin, Tanzania (2.3° S, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 2.4° S, 35.9° E)

When: Humbu Formation (Peninj Group), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "K-Ar,paleomag of Bayasi&Mguludu horiz W of Kipalagu"

•Was originally under Hubu Formation. Base of formation is about ~1.75Ma, the Main Tuff is ~1.19+/-0.03Ma. The top of the Peninj Group is about 1.01+/-0.03Ma, therefore, the upper dsands are ~1.2-1.1Ma (Deino et al. 2006)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; tuff

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 975, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: P. Ndessokia. 1987. Paleofauna composition and paleoenvironment of Peninj (Morita Nane Site) in West Lake Natron Basin,northern Tanzania. Sci.Geol.Bulletin 40(1-2):203-208 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22554: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.04.2000, edited by John Damuth

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