Also known as ETE Locality 1091, Baringo, Chemeron, Chemeron Formation
Where: Kenya (0.7° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 35.4° E)
When: Chemeron Formation, Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 5.9-5.14 Ma );Min age = 1.57 or 2.13 radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
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•See Deino et al. 2002 and Deino and Hill 2002
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 937, 936, ; ETE museum list: KNM
Primary reference: A. J. Winkler. 1988. The Neogene rodent succession of the Baringo Basin, Kenya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(3,Suppl.):29A. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 22267: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 04.08.1999, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
cf. Pachycrocuta sp. Kretzoi 1938 brown hyaena | |
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Ceratotherium praecox white rhino
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Ancylotherium hennigi chalicothere | |
Kolpochoerus afarensis, Kolpochoerus limnetes, "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus, Potamochoerus porcus, "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti, Nyanzachoerus kanamensis, Nyanzachoerus jaegeri
Kolpochoerus afarensis Cooke 1978 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958 pig
Nyanzachoerus jaegeri Coppens 1971 pig | |
Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821 hippopotamus | |
Aepyceros sp., "Kobus aff. porrecticornis" = Antilope porrecticornis, Kobus sp., Tragelaphus sp., "Tragelaphus cf. spekei" = Tragelaphus spekii, Bovini indet.
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
"Kobus aff. porrecticornis" = Antilope porrecticornis Lydekker 1878 antelope
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
"Tragelaphus cf. spekei" = Tragelaphus spekii Sclater 1864 sitatunga
Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope | |
Cercopithecoidea indet. Gray 1821 monkey | |
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
Paracolobus chemeroni Leakey 1969 monkey
Theropithecus barlowi gelada
Colobinae indet. Blyth 1875 monkey | |
Hominoidea indet. Gray 1825 ape | |
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
aff. Ardipithecus ramidus White et al. 1994 ape
Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine | |
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent | |
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel | |
Hystricidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 porcupine
cf. Xenohystrix crassidens porcupine | |
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse | |
"Primelephas gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis, "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki, Loxodonta adaurora, Loxodonta exoptata
"Primelephas gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis Coppens 1965 elephant
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970 African elephant
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant | |
Anancus kenyensis MacInnes 1942 gomphothere | |
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere |