Lukenya Hill GvJm 19, 80-0cm (Pleistocene of Kenya)

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

• Rock overhang. Tropical climate, savanna biome. Arid, dry vegetation. Possible woody growth as dry bush and scrub vegetation, near-desertlike conditions, tall grasses.

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

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp., "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
MNI = 1
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
MNI = 1
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
MNI = 1
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bos taurus, Caprinae indet., Connochaetes taurinus, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Ourebia ourebi, Madoqua kirki, Raphicerus campestris, "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, Oreotragus oreotragus, Redunca fulvorufula, Sylvicapra grimmia
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
MNI = 1
Caprinae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Ovicaprid. MNI = 1
Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest
MNI = 1
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
MNI = 3
Ourebia ourebi Zimmerman 1783 oribi
MNI = 3
Madoqua kirki dikdik
MNI = 1
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
MNI = 1
"Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni Gunther 1884 Thomson's gazelle
MNI = 2
Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer
MNI = 1
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
MNI = 2
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
MNI = 1
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera leo
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion
MNI = 1
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mellivora capensis
Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger
MNI = 1
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio cynocephalus
Papio cynocephalus Linnaeus 1766 yellow baboon
MNI = 1
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix africaeaustralis
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine
MNI = 1
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia sp.
Procavia sp. Storr 1780 Cape hyrax
or Heterohyrax. MNI = 1
Pedetes capensis
  -
"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis
"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis Forster 1778 South African springhare
MNI = 1