PBDB Collection

Koru Fauna Locality 29 (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: "floodplain"

• subaerial deposits of originally liquid and fragment types...near vent deposits

• 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 27858: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 14.01.2003, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Homorus sp., Burtoa sp., Trochonanina sp., Edouardia sp., Tayloria sp., Gonaxis sp., Gulella sp., Krapfiella sp. Homorus sp. Burtoa sp. Trochonanina sp. Edouardia sp. Tayloria sp. Gonaxis sp. Gulella sp. including ptychotrema Krapfiella sp.
Mammalia
Insectivora -	Insectivora indet. Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821 insectivoran
Chiroptera -	Chiroptera indet. Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae	Amphechinus sp. Amphechinus sp. Aymard 1850 hedgehog
Artiodactyla -	Ruminantia indet. Ruminantia indet. ruminant
Artiodactyla - Tragulidae	"Dorcatherium songhorensis" = Siamotragulus songhorensis "Dorcatherium songhorensis" = Siamotragulus songhorensis Whitworth 1958 chevrotain
Artiodactyla -	Walangania africanus Walangania africanus Whitworth 1958 ruminant
Placentalia -	Carnivora indet. Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae	Hyaenodon sp. Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont
Placentalia -	Rodentia indet. Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
Rodentia -	Diamantomys luederitzi Diamantomys luederitzi Stromer 1922 rodent
Rodentia - Thryonomyidae	Paraphiomys stromeri, Paraphiomys sp., Paraphiomys pigotti, Epiphiomys coryndoni Paraphiomys stromeri cane rat Paraphiomys sp. Andrews 1914 cane rat Paraphiomys pigotti Andrews 1914 cane rat Epiphiomys coryndoni cane rat
Rodentia -	Simonimys genovefae, Phiomys andrewsi Simonimys genovefae Lavocat 1973 rodent Phiomys andrewsi Osborn 1908 rodent
Rodentia - Bathyergidae	Bathyergoides sp. Bathyergoides sp. Stromer 1923 mole rat
Rodentia - Phiomyidae	Phiomyidae indet. Phiomyidae indet. Wood 1955 rodent
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Notocricetodon petteri, Paratarsomys sp. Notocricetodon petteri rodent Paratarsomys sp. rodent
Rodentia - Anomaluridae	Paranomalurus sp. Paranomalurus sp. Lavocat 1973 scaly-tailed squirrel
Rodentia - Muridae	Afrocricetodon songhori Afrocricetodon songhori Lavocat 1973 mouse
Primates - Dendropithecidae	Dendropithecus sp. Dendropithecus sp. Andrews and Simons 1977 monkey
Primates -	Hominoidea indet. Hominoidea indet. Gray 1825 ape
Primates - Proconsulidae	Proconsul major Proconsul major Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1950 ape
Macroscelidea - Rhynchocyonidae	Rhynchocyon sp. Rhynchocyon sp. Peters 1847 elephant shrew
Tribosphenida - Chrysochloridae	Prochrysochloris sp. Prochrysochloris sp. Butler and Hopwood 1957 golden mole
Reptilia
Squamata - Gekkonidae	Gekkonidae indet. Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko
Ophidia -	Ophidia indet. Ophidia indet. snake
Squamata - Agamidae	Agamidae indet. Agamidae indet. Gray 1827 squamates
Aves
-	Aves indet. Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Accipitriformes - Accipitridae	cf. Accipiter tachiro cf. Accipiter tachiro Daudin 1800 African goshawk
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora - Achatinidae	Limicolaria sp. Limicolaria sp. Schumacher 1817 slug