Lainyamok - surface: Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene, Kenya

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
10 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rodentia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
175 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Mammalia
Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus afer (Pallas 1766)
30 specimens
Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia sp. Storr 1780
6 specimens
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Elephantidae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mellivora capensis (Schreber 1776)
2 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Otocyon sp. Müller 1835
8 specimens
Canis adustus Sundevall 1847
5 specimens
recombined as Schaeffia adusta
Canis mesomelas Schreber 1775
2 specimens
recombined as Lupulella mesomelas
Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
Ichneumia albicauda (Cuvier 1829)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
3 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae
Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
3 specimens
Panthera pardus (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Felis libyca Forster 1780
11 specimens
Felis caracal Schreber 1776
2 specimens
recombined as Caracal caracal
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
20 specimens
Equus grevyi Oustalet 1882
35 specimens
recombined as Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi
Equus burchelli Gray 1824
21 specimens
recombined as Equus quagga burchelli
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Mammalia - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Potamochoerus porcus (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
1 specimen
Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus 1758)
3 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
313 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
Madoqua sp. Ogilby 1837
6 specimens
Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
4 specimens
Litocranius walleri Brooke 1878
1 specimen
Cephalophini indet. Blyth 1863
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cephalophini
Hippotragus equinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803)
2 specimens
original and current combination Antilope equina
Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816
4 specimens
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
7 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
Damaliscus hunteri
1 specimen
Damaliscus lunatus (Burchell 1823)
3 specimens
Connochaetes sp. (Lichtenstein 1812)
2 specimens
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
2 specimens
Antilopini indet. Gray 1821
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopini
Gazella thomsoni Gunther 1884
3 specimens
recombined as Eudorcas thomsoni
Gazella granti Brooke 1872
5 specimens
recombined as Nanger granti
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847
1 specimen
Taurotragus oryx (Pallas 1766)
12 specimens
Bovini indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovini
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867
2 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Pedetidae
Pedetes sp. Illiger 1811
7 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777
5 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Kenya
Coordinates: 1.8° South, 36.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.8° South, 36.2° East
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Quaternary - Quaternary *Epoch:Middle Pleistocene - Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Local bed:Khaki 2
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: see Lainyamok - general radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: poorly sorted, buff, ETE lithology comments: massive unit, matrix supported with abundant pebble- and cobble-sized clasts
Environment:dry floodplain
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: dry_floodplain ETE event: mudflow, ETE env comment: probably near lake marginsee DataSheet
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:6600 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: KENYA N.S.
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 72, Lainyamok - surface,
Database number:21276
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts, J. Damuth
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1991-06-19 00:00:00 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:1991-06-19 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4430.ETE 17R. Potts, P. Shipman, and E. Ingall. 1988. Taphonomy, Paleoecology, and Hominids of Lainyamok, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 17:596-614 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]