East Turkana - Lonyumun HS: Zanclean, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Praomy minor
Reptilia
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
Euthecodon brumpti (Joleaud 1920)
original and current combination Tomistoma brumpti
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
ETE occurrence; species: Trionychidae
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: Chiroptera
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: Insectivora
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Elephantidae
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
ETE occurrence; species: Mustelidae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Hyaenidae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Machairodontinae
Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Rhinocerotidae
Mammalia - Suidae
cf. Nyanzachoerus sp. Leakey 1958
Mammalia - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814
ETE occurrence; species: Soricidae
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811
ETE occurrence; species: Muridae
Thallomys quadrilobatus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Sciuridae
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Australopithecus cf. afarensis Johanson et al. 1978
13 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Colobinae
Parapapio sp. Jones 1937
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchus sp. Cuvier 1829
Actinopteri - Centropomidae
Lates sp. Cuvier 1828
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
ETE occurrence; species: Cyprinidae
Cladistia - Polypteriformes - Polypteridae
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 3.6° North, 36.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.4° North, 35.8° East
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*International age/stage:Zanclian - Zanclian
Key time interval:Zanclean
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Koobi Fora Member:Lonyumun
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age=4.35 +/- .05 (Karsa Basalt);min age=4.00 +/- .1 (Moiti Tuff) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: med sands/mdst/20cm bonebed
Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: meander river chan
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:40 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 949, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1162, Lonyamun HS,
Database number:22338
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1999-08-19 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-10-06 12:35:44
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-19 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5549.ETE 1287K. Coffing, C. Feibel, M. Leakey and A. Walker. 1994. Four-million-year-old hominids from East Lake Turkana, Kenya. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 93:55-65 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]