Also known as West Turkana, KNM-WK
Where: Kenya (3.3° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 2.2° N, 33.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Kalodirr Member (Lothidok Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• the site of Kalodirr ("Oryx" in the Turkana language) is located at the headwater of the Kalodirr River (3?20'N, 35?45'E) between the Lokipenata Ridge and the Basalt Hills to the east (Boschetto et al. 1992; Leakey and Leakey 1986a, b).
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•Grossman et al. 2009: The age of the Kalodirr fauna can be well constrained based on K/Ar dating of the underlying Kalodirr tuffs (17.5+/-10.2 Ma) and the overlying Naserte tuffs (16.8+/-0.2 Ma), which divide the Kalodirr Member from the younger Naserte Member of the Lothidok Formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "channel"; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. E. Leakey and M. G. Leakey. 1986. A new Miocene hominoid from Kenya. Nature 324(13):143-146 [A. Behrensmeyer/V. Egerton/V. Egerton]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 38060: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Victoria Egerton on 05.04.2004, edited by Patricia Holroyd, John Alroy and Philip Mannion
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Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
Melanoides tuberculata Müller 1774 snail | |
Pila ovata Olivier 1804 apple snail
Lanistes carinatus apple snail | |
Limicolaria sp. Schumacher 1817 slug | |
Bivalvia | |
Etheria elliptica Lamarck 1807 clam | |
Insecta | |
cf. Agromyzidae indet. Fallén 1823 leaf-miner fly | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatiformes indet. Compagno 1973 stingray | |
Mammalia | |
Elmerimys woodi rodent | |
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Kenyalagomys minor pika | |
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Afropithecus turkanensis n. gen. n. sp. Leakey and Leakey 1986 ape | |
cf. Gymnurechinus sp. Butler 1956 hedgehog | |
cf. Aceratherium acutirostratum rhinoceros | |
Kenyasus rusingensis Pickford 1986 pig
Lopholistriodon moruoroti Wilkinson 1976 pig | |
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Dorcatherium pigotti Whitworth 1958 chevrotain
Dorcatherium chappuisi Arambourg 1933 chevrotain
"Dorcatherium parvum" = Afrotragulus parvus Whitworth 1958 chevrotain | |
Canthumeryx sirtensis Hamilton 1973 giraffe | |
Anasinopa leakeyi Savage 1965 creodont | |
Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont | |
Katifelis nightingalei n. gen. n. sp.1
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Kichechia zamanae Savage 1965 civet | |
Hecubides macrodon Savage 1965 bear-dog | |
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"Megalohyrax championi" = Afrohyrax championi
"Megalohyrax championi" = Afrohyrax championi Arambourg 1933 hyrax | |
Miosengi butleri n. gen. n. sp.4
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Prodeinotherium hobleyi Andrews 1911 deinothere | |
Platybelodon sp. Borissiak 1928 gomphothere | |
Reptilia | |
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
cf. Albertwoodemys testudinum3 Gaffney et al. 2011 sideneck turtle KNM-WK17139 "similar and may be same species or genus"
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Serpentes indet. snake | |
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Actinopteri | |
Siluriformes indet. catfish | |
cf. Bagridae indet. Bleeker 1852 naked catfish | |
Cladistia | |
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir | |
Cricetodontidae indet. Schaub 1925 |