Also known as ETE Locality 1096, Baringo, Kapthurin, Kapthurin fm.,
Where: Kenya (0.5° N, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 36.0° E)
When: Kapthurin Formation, Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max age=.78 Ma;Min age=.25+/- .12 Ma (K/Ar dates from tuff K4) radiometric intage_min
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•Detailed tephrochronology reports can be found in Blegen et al. 2018 (A new tephrochronology for early diverse stone tool technologies and long-distance raw material transport in the Middle to Late Pleistocene Kapthurin Formation, East Africa, Journal of Human Evolution) supporting Middle–Late Pleistocene age for the Kapthurin Fm.
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; tuff
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 922, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Primary reference: L. E. Frostick and I. Reid. 1986. Evolution and sedimentary character of lake deltas fed by ephemeral rivers in the Turkana Basin, southern Kenya. Geological Society of America Special Publication 25:113-125 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22272: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 04.08.1999, edited by John Damuth and Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish | |
Reptilia | |
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Aves | |
Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile | |
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820 monitor lizard | |
Mammalia | |
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Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant | |
Heterohyrax sp. Gray 1868 rock hyrax | |
Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 aardvark | |
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Tragelaphus sp., Tragelaphus cf. scriptus, cf. Syncerus caffer, Antidorcas sp., Sylvicapra sp., Cephalophus sp., Ourebia sp., Kobus sp., Kobus cf. ellipsiprymnus, Redunca sp., Damaliscus sp., Alcelaphus sp., Alcelaphus cf. buselaphus, Oryx sp., Gazella sp.
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
Tragelaphus cf. scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
cf. Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok
Sylvicapra sp. Ogilby 1837 duiker
Cephalophus sp. Smith 1827 duiker
Ourebia sp. antelope
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Kobus cf. ellipsiprymnus Ogilby 1833 waterbuck
Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
Alcelaphus sp. Blainville 1816 hartebeest
Alcelaphus cf. buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816 oryx
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle | |
Suidae indet., Mesochoerus majus, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, Potamochoerus porcus, Kolpochoerus majus
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog
Kolpochoerus majus Hopwood 1934 pig | |
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion | |
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
Ichneumia sp. Geoffroy 1837 mongoose | |
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Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat | |
Cricetomys sp. Waterhouse 1840 giant pouched rat
Dendromus sp. Smith 1829 African climbing mice | |
Otomys cf. angoniensis mouse
Steatomys sp. Peters 1846 fat mouse | |
Graphiurus sp. Smuts 1832 dormouse | |
Homo cf. erectus Dubois 1892 human | |
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777 baboon
Theropithecus cf. oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
Colobus sp. Illiger 1811 monkey | |
Gastropoda | |
Melanoides indet. Olivier 1804 snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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