Peninj-Upper Sands w/Clay: Calabrian, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Saccotomus sp.
1 specimen
Graphiurinae sp.
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.indet.
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas cf. recki Dietrich 1915
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
ETE occurrence; species: cf. recki
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Arvicanthis primaevus
26 specimens
Mus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Thallomys quadrilobatus
37 specimens
Aethomys cf. lavocati
7 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Nesomyidae
Dendromus sp. Smith 1829
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. indet.
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. indet.
Mammalia - Primates - Galagidae
Galago sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1796
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. indet.
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus cf. gorgops Dietrich 1928
Mammalia - Bovidae
Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
Megalotragus kattwinkeli (Scwarz 1932)
original and current combination Alcelaphus kattwinkeli
Connochaetes cf. taurinus (Burchell 1823)
ETE occurrence; species: prognu
Damaliscus cf. niro (Hopwood 1936)
original and current combination Hippotragus niro
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
ETE occurrence; species: grandis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Hipparion cf. cornelianum
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania State/province:Lake Natron Basin County:Kipalagu area
Coordinates: 2.3° South, 36.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.4° South, 35.9° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Calabrian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*International age/stage:Gelasian - Calabrian
Key time interval:Calabrian
Age range of interval:1.80000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Peninj Formation:Humbu Member:Upper Sands
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "Correl age of Olduvai Bed III,Wa-Mbugu olivine basalt smpls" radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
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: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: w/ clay, ETE lithology comments: basalt tuff
Environment:fluvial-deltaic indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk
Collection size:226 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1423, Kipalagu, Peninj-Upper Sands w/Clay,
Database number:22583
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 04:32:41
Access level:the public Released:2000-06-28 01:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5635.ETE 1386D. Geraads. 1987. La faune des depots pleistocenes de Ouest du lac Natron (Tanzanie) interpretation biostratigraphique. Sci.Geol.Bulletin 40(1-2):167-184 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]