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)
• Maximum age ~14,000yrs, Minimum 10,000yrs, dated using C14.
Environment/lithology: cave
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• Rock overhang with site in three phases: Terminal late Pleistocene Geometric, Holocene Aceramic in the Early Holocene and Holocene ceramic in the middle Holocene. Microlith-rich LSA. Material held in National Museum of Kenya.
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 32115: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 05.06.2003, 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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Oreotragus oreotragus, Redunca fulvorufula, Oryx gazella, Ourebia ourebi, "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, Raphicerus campestris, Sylvicapra grimmia, Connochaetes taurinus, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Tragelaphus scriptus
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| Pedetes capensis | |
"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis
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