Peninj-Kipalagu: Calabrian, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. cornelianum
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus cf. gorgops Dietrich 1928
Mammalia - Bovidae
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini
Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell 1823)
ETE occurrence; species: prognu
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
ETE occurrence; species: grandis; originally entered as "Tragelaphus strepciceros"
Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas cf. recki Dietrich 1915
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
Reptilia
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania State/province:Lake Natron Basin County:Peninj Area
Coordinates: 2.3° South, 36.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.4° South, 35.9° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Quaternary - Quaternary *Epoch:Pleistocene - Pleistocene
Key time interval:Calabrian
Age range of interval:1.80600 - 0.78100 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:2022-03-29 04:32:04
Access level:the public Released:2000-06-28 01:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

5638.ETE 1391P. 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]