Loperot (Miocene of Kenya)
Where: Kenya (2.3° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 1.2° N, 33.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Turkana Grit Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• K/Ar date of 16.7 +- 1.0
Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; lithified sandstone
• well indurated bed of coarse sand to fine conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: J. G. Mead. 1975. A fossil beaked whale (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) from the Miocene of Kenya. Journal of Paleontology 49(4):745-751 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 57007: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.11.2005, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
Eogavialis cf. andrewsi Storrs 2003 crocodilian
Tomistoma sp. Müller 1846 false gharial | |
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Hyracoidea indet. Huxley 1869 hyrax | |
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere | |
Mastodontidae indet. Gray 1821 proboscidean | |
Anthracotheriidae indet. Leidy 1869 anthracothere | |
Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850 beaked whale | |
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig | |
Dorcatherium sp. Kaup 1839 chevrotain | |
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope | |
Osteichthyes | |
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish | |
Actinopteri | |
Cladistia | |
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam |