Koru Fauna Locality 29: Burdigalian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Insectivora
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Insectivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Rodentia indet.
Bowdich 1821
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92 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Thryonomyidae
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Epiphiomys coryndoni
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Paraphiomys stromeri
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Paraphiomys sp.
Andrews 1914
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Paraphiomys pigotti
Andrews 1914
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Diamantomys luederitzi
Stromer 1922
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29 specimens | |||||||||
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Simonimys genovefae
Lavocat 1973
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Bathyergidae
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Bathyergoides sp.
Stromer 1923
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Phiomyidae
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Phiomyidae indet.
Wood 1955
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Phiomys andrewsi
Osborn 1908
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Anomaluridae
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Paranomalurus sp.
Lavocat 1973
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Afrocricetodon songhori
Lavocat 1973
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Notocricetodon petteri
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Paratarsomys sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Dendropithecidae
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Dendropithecus sp.
Andrews and Simons 1977
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
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Hominoidea indet.
Gray 1825
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Proconsulidae
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Proconsul major
Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1950
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
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Ruminantia indet.
Scopoli 1777
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Walangania africanus
Whitworth 1958
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tragulidae
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Dorcatherium songhorensis
Whitworth 1958
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Carnivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Hyaenodon sp.
Laizer and Parieu 1838
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Amphechinus sp.
Aymard 1850
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Rhynchocyonidae
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Rhynchocyon sp.
Peters 1847
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Chrysochloridae
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Prochrysochloris sp.
Butler and Hopwood 1957
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Accipitridae
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cf. Accipiter tachiro
(Daudin 1800)
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Walker and Dyke 2006 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Agamidae
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Agamidae indet.
Gray 1827
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gekkonidae
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Gekkonidae indet.
Gray 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ophidia
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Ophidia indet.
Latreille 1804
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Homorus sp.
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254 specimens | |||||||||
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Burtoa sp.
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92 specimens | |||||||||
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Trochonanina sp.
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Edouardia sp.
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Tayloria sp.
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166 specimens | |||||||||
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Gonaxis sp.
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51 specimens | |||||||||
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Gulella sp.
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97 specimens | |||||||||
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Krapfiella sp.
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47 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Achatinidae
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Limicolaria sp.
Schumacher 1817
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77 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 0.2° South, 35.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.3° South, 33.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
| Altitude: | 1540 meters |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| *Period: | Middle Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene |
| *International age/stage: | Middle Burdigalian | ||
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44 - 15.98 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Legetet |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: Carbonatite units separated by weathered profiles and residual soils. Fossils occur only in the residual soils. | |||
| Environment: | "floodplain" | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: subaerial deposits of originally liquid and fragment types...near vent deposits | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 27858 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Wertheim, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-01-14 17:11:04 | Last modified: | 2006-07-25 23:21:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-01-14 17:11:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7625. | M. Pickford and P. Andrews. 1981. The Tinderet Miocene sequence in Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 10:11-33 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim] |
Secondary references:
| 40900 | C. A. Walker and G. J. Dyke. 2006. New records of fossil birds of prey from the Miocene of Kenya. Historical Biology 18(2):95-98 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen] |