Kapcheberek - Tugen Hills (Miocene of Kenya)

Where: Kenya (0.8° N, 35.9° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 35.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Lukeino Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siltstone and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: permineralized

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: M. Pickford and B. Senut. 2001. The geological and faunal context of Late Miocene hominid remains from Lukeino, Kenya. Comptes Rendus De L Academie Des Sciences Serie II Fascicule a-Sciences De La Terre Et Des Planetes 332(2):145-152 [D. Reed/D. Reed]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70365: authorized by Denne Reed, entered by Denne Reed on 21.03.2007, edited by Mark Uhen and Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
Dinofelis diastemata2, "? Megantereon obscura" = Yoshi obscura2
Dinofelis diastemata2 Astre 1929 cat
BAR 288'03, KNM LU 336
"? Megantereon obscura" = Yoshi obscura2 Hendey 1974 cat
KNM LU 617
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenictis sp.2 Gaudry 1861 hyaena
KNM LU 751
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Torolutra ougandensis2 Petter et al. 1991 mustelid carnivore
BAR 534'99, BAR 348'00, BAR 270'03
Sivaonyx senutae n. sp.1 Morales and Pickford 2005 otter
Previously identified as Sivaonyx africana
Plesiogulo praecocidens2 Kurten 1970 mustelid carnivore
BAR 1893'00