Also known as ETE Locality 1098, Lukeino, Baringo, Lukeino fm.,
Where: Kenya (0.5° N, 35.7° E: paleocoordinates 0.2° N, 35.0° E)
When: Lukeino Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 6.20 +/- .19 Ma;Min age = 5.9-5.1 Ma radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine
Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 940, 926, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Primary reference: A. Hill, G. Curtis, and R. Drake. 1986. Sedimentary stratigraphy of the Tugen Hills,Baringo,Kenya. Geological Society of America Special Publication 25:285-295 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 22274: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 05.08.1999, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Angiospermae | |
aff. Acacia mellifera wattle | |
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass | |
Mammalia | |
Stegotetrabelodon orbus Maglio 1970 elephant
"Primelephas gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis Coppens 1965 elephant
Loxodonta sp. Cuvier 1825 African elephant | |
Anancus kenyensis MacInnes 1942 gomphothere | |
Deinotheriidae indet. Bonaparte 1845 deinothere | |
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark | |
Chalicotheriidae indet. Gill 1872 chalicothere
Ancylotherium sp. Gaudry 1863 chalicothere | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
Hipparionini indet. Quinn 1955 hipparionine horse ETE occurrence; species: Hipparioninae; originally entered as "Hipparioninae"
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Sivachoerus tulotos, "Nyanzachoerus syrticus" = Sivachoerus syrticus
"Nyanzachoerus syrticus" = Sivachoerus syrticus Leonardi 1954 pig | |
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe | |
Bovidae indet., Aepyceros sp., Cephalophus sp., Reduncini indet., Ugandax sp., Tragelaphini indet., Tragelaphus sp.
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
Cephalophus sp. Smith 1827 duiker
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970 antelope
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tragelaphini/Boselaphini
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope | |
Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821 hippopotamus | |
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran | |
Arctoidea indet. Flower 1869 carnivoran | |
Sivaonyx soriae n. sp. Morales and Pickford 2005 otter | |
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat | |
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Pachycrocuta sp. Kretzoi 1938 brown hyaena | |
Australopithecus afarensis Johanson et al. 1978 australopithecine | |
Cercopithecoidea indet. Gray 1821 monkey | |
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey | |
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse | |
Dendromurinae indet. Alston 1875 mouse | |
Hystricidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 porcupine
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Alilepus sp. Dice 1931 rabbit |