Maboko Island - ?Maboko fm. (Miocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 891, Kiboko, Maboko Island - ?Maboko fm.,

Where: Kenya (0.2° N, 34.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 32.9° E)

When: Maboko Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Min age = 13.8 +/- .04 Ma (Bed 8 Tuff). Max age = ~17 Ma (based on biostratigraphy) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; lithology not reported

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: very wet floodplain
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "massive muds, silts, calcretes, altered and unaltered tuffs"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 477, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: M. Pickford. 1992. Evidence for an arid climate in western Uganda during the middle Miocene. Comptes Rendus Acad. des Sci.,serie II 315(11):1419-1424 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22070: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 24.02.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Paleotragus primaevus, Choerlophodon kisumuensis, Nyanzapithecu pickfordi
Mammalia
 Hyracoidea - Titanohyracidae
"Pachyhyrax championi" = Afrohyrax championi
"Pachyhyrax championi" = Afrohyrax championi Arambourg 1933 hyrax
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Protanancus macinnesi
Protanancus macinnesi Arambourg 1945 gomphothere
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Prodeinotherium hobleyi
Prodeinotherium hobleyi Andrews 1911 deinothere
 Creodonta -
Dissopsalis pyroclasticus
Dissopsalis pyroclasticus Savage 1965 creodont
 Artiodactyla - Climacoceratidae
Climacoceras africanus
Climacoceras africanus MacInnes 1936 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Listriodon akatikubas, Lopholistriodon sp., "Libycochoerus khinzikebirus" = Megalochoerus khinzikebirus
Listriodon akatikubas Wilkinson 1976 pig
Lopholistriodon sp. Pickford and Wilkinson 1975 pig
"Libycochoerus khinzikebirus" = Megalochoerus khinzikebirus Wilkinson 1976 pig
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae indet.
Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tayassuidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Eotragus sp.
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: non-Boselaphini
Eotragus sp. Pilgrim 1939 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Canthumeryx sirtensis
Canthumeryx sirtensis Hamilton 1973 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium pigotti
Dorcatherium pigotti Whitworth 1958 chevrotain
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet.
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
 Primates - Hominidae
Kenyapithecus wickeri, Limnopithecus legetet
Kenyapithecus wickeri Leakey 1961 ape
Limnopithecus legetet Hopwood 1933 ape
 Primates -
"Kenyapithecus africanus" = Equatorius africanus
"Kenyapithecus africanus" = Equatorius africanus Le Gros Clark and Leakey 1951 ape
 Primates - Proconsulidae
Proconsul vancouveringi, cf. Nyanzapithecus pickfordi
cf. Nyanzapithecus pickfordi Harrison 1986 ape
 Primates - Victoriapithecidae
Victoriapithecus sp., "Victoriapithecus macinnesi" = Victoriapithecus macinnesi, "Victoriapithecus leakeyi" = Victoriapithecus macinnesi
Victoriapithecus sp. von Koenigswald 1969 monkey
"Victoriapithecus macinnesi" = Victoriapithecus macinnesi von Koenigswald 1969 monkey
"Victoriapithecus leakeyi" = Victoriapithecus macinnesi von Koenigswald 1969 monkey
Aves
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Ardeidae indet.
Ardeidae indet. Leach 1820 heron
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Ardeidae
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Phasianidae indet.
Phasianidae indet. Horsfield 1821 pheasant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Phasianidae
 Bucerotiformes - Bucerotidae
Bucerotidae indet.
Bucerotidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 hornbill
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bucerotidae
 Charadriiformes - Burhinidae
Burhinidae indet.
Burhinidae indet. Mathews 1912 stone-curlew
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Burhinidae
Reptilia
 Squamata - Varanidae
Varanidae indet.
Varanidae indet. Hardwicke and Gray 1824 monitor lizard
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Varanidae