Also known as West Turkana, KNM-WK
Where: Kenya (3.3° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 2.2° N, 33.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Kalodirr Member (Lothidok Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• the site of Kalodirr ("Oryx" in the Turkana language) is located at the headwater of the Kalodirr River (3?20'N, 35?45'E) between the Lokipenata Ridge and the Basalt Hills to the east (Boschetto et al. 1992; Leakey and Leakey 1986a, b).
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•Grossman et al. 2009: The age of the Kalodirr fauna can be well constrained based on K/Ar dating of the underlying Kalodirr tuffs (17.5+/-10.2 Ma) and the overlying Naserte tuffs (16.8+/-0.2 Ma), which divide the Kalodirr Member from the younger Naserte Member of the Lothidok Formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "channel"; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. E. Leakey and M. G. Leakey. 1986. A new Miocene hominoid from Kenya. Nature 324(13):143-146 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 38060: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Victoria Egerton on 05.04.2004, edited by Patricia Holroyd, John Alroy and Philip Mannion
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
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Afropithecus turkanensis n. gen. n. sp. Leakey and Leakey 1986 ape | |
Kenyalagomys minor pika | |
Elmerimys woodi rodent | |
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Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont | |
Anasinopa leakeyi Savage 1965 creodont | |
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Hecubides macrodon Savage 1965 bear-dog | |
Katifelis nightingalei n. gen. n. sp.1
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Kichechia zamanae Savage 1965 civet | |
cf. Aceratherium acutirostratum rhinoceros | |
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Canthumeryx sirtensis Hamilton 1973 giraffe | |
"Dorcatherium parvum" = Afrotragulus parvus Whitworth 1958 chevrotain
Dorcatherium pigotti Whitworth 1958 chevrotain
Dorcatherium chappuisi Arambourg 1933 chevrotain | |
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Lopholistriodon moruoroti Wilkinson 1976 pig
Kenyasus rusingensis Pickford 1986 pig | |
cf. Gymnurechinus sp. Butler 1956 hedgehog | |
"Megalohyrax championi" = Afrohyrax championi
"Megalohyrax championi" = Afrohyrax championi Arambourg 1933 hyrax | |
Miosengi butleri n. gen. n. sp.4
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Platybelodon sp. Borissiak 1928 gomphothere | |
Prodeinotherium hobleyi Andrews 1911 deinothere | |
Reptilia | |
cf. Albertwoodemys testudinum3 Gaffney et al. 2011 sideneck turtle KNM-WK17139 "similar and may be same species or genus"
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Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Serpentes indet. snake | |
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Cladistia | |
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir | |
Actinopteri | |
Siluriformes indet. catfish | |
cf. Bagridae indet. Bleeker 1852 naked catfish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatiformes indet. Compagno 1973 stingray | |
Bivalvia | |
Etheria elliptica Lamarck 1807 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Limicolaria sp. Schumacher 1817 slug | |
Melanoides tuberculata Müller 1774 snail | |
Pila ovata Olivier 1804 apple snail
Lanistes carinatus apple snail | |
Insecta | |
cf. Agromyzidae indet. Fallén 1823 leaf-miner fly | |
Cricetodontidae | |
Cricetodontidae indet. Schaub 1925 |