LpM4, Loperot (Miocene of Kenya)

Where: Kenya (2.5° N, 35.9° E: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 33.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lokone Member (Lokone Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• approximately 18 Ma in age

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• well indurated bed of coarse sand to fine conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. A. Brochu, A. De Celis, A. J. Adams, S. K. Drumheller, J. H. Nestler, B. R. Benefit, A. Grossman, F. Kirera, T. Lehmann, C. Liutkus-Pierce, F. K. Manthi, M. L. McCrossin, K. P. McNulty and R. Nyaboke Juna. 2022. Giant dwarf crocodiles from the Miocene of Kenya and crocodylid faunal dynamics in the late Cenozoic of East Africa. The Anataomical Record 305(10):2729-2765 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 225946: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 09.06.2022

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Kinyang tchernovi n. sp. Brochu et al. 2022 crocodile
KNM-LP 69374 - type