Koru Fauna locality 21 (Miocene of Kenya)

Where: Kenya (0.2° S, 35.3° E: paleocoordinates 1.3° S, 33.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Legetet Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

• Carbonatite units separated by weathered profiles and residual soils. Fossils occur only in the residual soils.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Pickford and P. Andrews. 1981. The Tinderet Miocene sequence in Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 10:11-33 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27857: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 14.01.2003

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Homorus sp., Burtoa sp., Trochonanina sp., Edouardia sp., Tayloria sp., Gonaxis sp., Edentulina sp., Gulella sp., Krapfiella sp.
Gulella sp.
including Ptychotrema
Gastropoda
 Stylommatophora - Achatinidae
Limicolaria sp.
Limicolaria sp. Schumacher 1817 slug
Reptilia
 Ophidia -
Ophidia indet.
Mammalia
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Amphechinus sp.
Amphechinus sp. Aymard 1850 hedgehog
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet., Rodentia indet.
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
 Rodentia - Pedetidae
Megapedetes sp.
Megapedetes sp. MacInnes 1957 springhare
 Rodentia - Anomaluridae
Paranomalurus sp.
Paranomalurus sp. Lavocat 1973 scaly-tailed squirrel
 Rodentia - Muridae
Afrocricetodon songhori
Afrocricetodon songhori Lavocat 1973 mouse
 Rodentia -
Diamantomys luederitzi
Diamantomys luederitzi Stromer 1922 rodent