Peninj-Kipalagu: Calabrian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus cf. gorgops
Dietrich 1928
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Kobus sp.
Smith 1840
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Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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| ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini | ||||||||||
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Connochaetes taurinus
(Burchell 1823)
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| ETE occurrence; species: prognu | ||||||||||
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Pelorovis sp.
Reck 1928
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Tragelaphus strepsiceros
(Pallas 1766)
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| ETE occurrence; species: grandis; originally entered as "Tragelaphus strepciceros" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell 1821)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas cf. recki
Dietrich 1915
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Geography
| Country: | Tanzania | State/province: | Lake Natron Basin | County: | Peninj Area |
| Coordinates: | 2.3° South, 36.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.6° South, 35.9° East (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Calabrian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Quaternary - Quaternary | *Epoch: | Pleistocene - Pleistocene |
| Key time interval: | Calabrian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 1.8 - 0.774 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Peninj | Formation: | Humbu | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "K-Ar,paleomag of Bayasi&Mguludu horiz W of Kipalagu"
Was originally under Hubu Formation. Base of formation is about ~1.75Ma, the Main Tuff is ~1.19+/-0.03Ma. The top of the Peninj Group is about 1.01+/-0.03Ma, therefore, the upper dsands are ~1.2-1.1Ma (Deino et al. 2006) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tuff |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: Basaltic tuff unit | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 11 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 1419, Peninj-Kipalagu, | ||
| Database number: | 22579 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-06-28 01:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-06-28 01:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5638. | ETE 1391 | P. Ndessokia. 1987. Paleofauna composition and paleoenvironment of Peninj (Morita Nane Site) in West Lake Natron Basin,northern Tanzania. Sci.Geol.Bulletin 40(1-2):203-208 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |