Also known as Lukenya Hill
Where: Athi-Kapiti Plains, Kenya (1.5° S, 37.1° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 37.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Level within the site GvJm 62. Dated between ~40,000-~21,000BP with C14. Sample Gx-5774 = 21,535 (+-) 980. Sample Gx-5773 + 12,195(+-) 330 and 11,950 (+-) 460.
Environment/lithology: alluvial fan
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Late Pleistocene non-geometric separated from upper by 30cm of low density artifactual material, microlith-rich LSA.
•Material held in Kenya National Museum.
Primary reference: C. W. Marean. 1992. Implications of Late Quaternary mammalian fauna from Lukenya Hill (South-Central Kenya) for paleoenvironmental change and faunal extinctions. Quaternary Research 37:239-255 [A. Behrensmeyer/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32090: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 04.06.2003, edited by Denne Reed
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Equus sp., "Equus grevyi" = Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi, "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
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Madoqua kirki, "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, Sylvicapra grimmia, Connochaetes taurinus, Alcelaphus buselaphus
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"Felis serval" = Caracal serval, Acinonyx jubatus
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Pedetes capensis | |
"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis
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