Peninj-Marita-Nane Site (Pleistocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 1422, Peninj-Marita-Nane Site,

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: absolute, ETE age comment: Average mean=1.91-0.96 my 1964&1969 olivine basalt smpls radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

•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-deltaic; tuff

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 478, ; 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 22582: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.06.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes, Metridiochoerus compactus
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig
originally entered as "Metridochoerus compactus"
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet.
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: .; Double entry removed abundance could be 5
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella sp., Sylvicapra sp., Connochaetes sp., Damaliscus sp., Aepyceros sp., Syncerus sp.
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Sylvicapra sp. Ogilby 1837 duiker
originally entered as "Sylvacapria sp."
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
Syncerus sp. Hodgson 1847 African buffalo