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)
• Dated by C14. Gx-6755 = 6770(+-)225, Gx-7417 = 4490(+-)160, Gx7416 = 4200(+-)155, Gx-6754 = 4145(+-)240.
Environment/lithology: cave
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• Holocene Aceramic in early Holocene, Holocene ceramic in Middle Holocene. Material held in the 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 32124: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 05.06.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Equus sp., "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
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Caprinae indet., Bos taurus, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Connochaetes taurinus, Redunca fulvorufula, Madoqua kirki, Ourebia ourebi, Raphicerus campestris, "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, Sylvicapra grimmia, Oreotragus oreotragus
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Pedetes capensis | |
"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis
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