K055 Area B (Miocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 1136, K055 Area B, BPRP K055, K055, loc 2/114, Baringo, K055 Area B,

Where: Kenya (0.9° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° N, 34.3° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ngorora Formation, Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 12.71 +/- .38 Ma; Min age = 12.37 +/- .1 Ma radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: subaerial deposition
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: white tuff

Collection methods: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 956, 955, 954, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: L. L. Jacobs, W. Anyonge, and J. Barry. 1987. A giant tenrecid from the Miocene of Kenya. Journal of Mammalogy 68(1):10-16 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22312: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 05.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Angiospermae
 Commelinales - Commelinaceae
Commelinaceae indet.
Commelinaceae indet. de Mirbel 1804 dayflower
ETE occurrence; species: Commelinaceae
 Poales - Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass
ETE occurrence; species: Gramineae
 Dioscoreales - Dioscoreaceae
Dioscoreaceae indet.
Dioscoreaceae indet. Brown 1810
ETE occurrence; species: Dioscoreaceae
 Gentianales - Loganiaceae
Loganiaceae indet.
Loganiaceae indet. Martinov 1827
ETE occurrence; species: or Melastomaceae
 Lamiales - Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae indet.
Acanthaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 acanthus
ETE occurrence; species: Acanthaceae
 Magnoliales - Annonaceae
Annonaceae indet.
Annonaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 custard apple
ETE occurrence; species: Annonaceae
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae indet.
Euphorbiaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 spurge
ETE occurrence; species: Euphorbiaceae
 Celastrales - Celastraceae
Celastraceae indet.
Celastraceae indet. Brown 1814 bittersweet
ETE occurrence; species: Celastraceae
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Rhamnaceae indet.
Rhamnaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 buckthorn
ETE occurrence; species: Rhamnaceae
 Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Sterculiaceae indet.
Sterculiaceae indet. Ventenat 1807
ETE occurrence; species: Sterculiaceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Sapotaceae
Sapotaceae indet.
Sapotaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
ETE occurrence; species: Sapotaceae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae indet.
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
ETE occurrence; species: Myrtaceae