Also known as Lothagam-Nachukui fm, Kaiyumung mb.
Where: Kenya (2.9° N, 36.1° E: paleocoordinates 2.7° N, 35.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Kaiyumung Member (Nachukui Formation), Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Not well dated. Top of underlying member is estimated at 3.9 Ma. KBS tuff in overlying strata is 1.88 +/- 0.02 Ma.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; poorly lithified, pebbly, sandy sandstone and poorly lithified mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), mechanical, sieve,
• Held at the National Musuems of Kenya, Nairobi under designation KNM-LT-
Primary reference: M. G. Leakey and J. M. Harris. 2003. Lothagam: the dawn of humanity in eastern Africa. Lothagam: the dawn of humanity in eastern Africa 678 [A. Behrensmeyer/R. Bobe/R. Bobe]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22239: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 30.06.1999, edited by Suzanne Cote and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Aves | |
cf. Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni Brochu and Storrs 2012 crocodile
Euthecodon brumpti Joleaud 1920 crocodile | |
Turkanemys pattersoni n. sp.
Turkanemys pattersoni n. sp. Wood 2003 sideneck turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere | |
Dinofelis aronoki Werdelin and Lewis 2001 cat | |
cf. Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine | |
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Ceratotherium praecox white rhino | |
Nyanzachoerus pattersoni, "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog | |
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe | |
Aepyceros premelampus n. sp., Alcelaphini indet., Damalacra sp., Reduncini indet., Kobus presigmoidalis n. sp., Hippotragini indet., ? Praedamalis sp., Raphicerus sp., Bovini indet., Simatherium aff. kohllarseni, Tragelaphus kyaloae, Tragelaphus cf. scriptus
Aepyceros premelampus n. sp. Harris 2003 impala
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
Kobus presigmoidalis n. sp. Harris 2003 antelope
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope
? Praedamalis sp. Dietrich 1950 antelope
Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Simatherium aff. kohllarseni antelope
Tragelaphus kyaloae Harris 1991 antelope
Tragelaphus cf. scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck | |
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Thryonomys cf. gregorianus Thomas 1894 Lesser cane rat | |
Theropithecus cf. brumpti Arambourg 1947 gelada
cf. Parapapio sp. Jones 1937 monkey | |
Australopithecus cf. afarensis Johanson et al. 1978 australopithecine | |
Osteichthyes | |
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Actinopteri | |
Perciformes indet. Bleeker 1859 perch-like fish | |
Percoidei indet. Bleeker 1859 perch-like fish | |
Tetraodon sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Lates niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch | |
Tilapiini indet. Carnevale et al. 2003 tilapiine | |
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish | |
Siluriformes indet. catfish | |
Bagridae indet. Bleeker 1852 naked catfish
Bagrus aff. sp. Bosc 1816 naked catfish | |
Clarotes sp. Kner 1855 catfish | |
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish | |
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816 | |
Gymnarchus sp. Cuvier 1829 aba knifefish | |
Cladistia | |
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