East Turkana - Area 261 - Lonyumun (Pliocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 324, Area 261 - Lonyumum

Where: Kenya (3.6° N, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.4° N, 35.8° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Lonyumun Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = basal basalt, Min = Moiti Tuff radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
• ETE rock type adj: med-coarse, ETE lithology comments: mudstone, pale-yellow brown in color

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 88, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: J. M. Harris. 1983. Koobi Fora Research Project The Fossil Ungulates: Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, Suidae. Clarendon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom 2 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton]more details

PaleoDB collection 21510: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Osteichthyes
 Ceratodontiformes - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Mastomys sp. Thomas 1915 mouse
Tatera sp. Lataste 1882 large naked-soled gerbil
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
cf. Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidura cf. aithiops white-toothed shrew
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus kyaloae3 Harris 1991 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa pygmaea2 Harris 1976 giraffe
Actinopteri
 Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchus niloticus aba knifefish
 Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840 cichlid
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cichlidae
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
 Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish