East Turkana - Muruyur beds (Miocene to of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 1127, Baringo, Muruyur, Muruyur beds,

Where: Kenya (0.8° N, 35.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 3.3° S, 35.4° E (Wright 2013)

When: Tiim Formation, Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 13-15 Ma; Min age = 12.4 +/- .5 Ma radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: tuffaceous, ETE lithology comments: lower=tff/conglome/cly;upper=tff/grits

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 944, ; ETE museum list: KNM

Primary reference: L. E. Frostick and I. Reid. 1986. Evolution and sedimentary character of lake deltas fed by ephemeral rivers in the Turkana Basin, southern Kenya. Geological Society of America Special Publication 25:113-125 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22303: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 05.08.1999, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Tilapia sp., Plantae indet.
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
ETE occurrence; species: Plantae
Angiospermae
 Asparagales - Agavaceae
Dracaena sp.
Dracaena sp. Linnaeus 1758
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Raninidae
Carinatus carinatus
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Bithyniidae
Gabbiella indet.
Gabbiella indet. Prudhoe 1989 snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp.
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish
Mammalia
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus sp.
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Prodeinotherium hobleyi
Prodeinotherium hobleyi Andrews 1911 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Zygolophodon sp.
Zygolophodon sp. Vacek 1877 mastodon
 Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
"Choerolophodon kisumuensis" = Afrochoerodon kisumuensis
"Choerolophodon kisumuensis" = Afrochoerodon kisumuensis Picford 2001 proboscidean
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aceratherium acutirostratum
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Listriodon sp.
Listriodon sp. von Meyer 1846 pig
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae indet.
Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary
ETE occurrence; species: Tayassuidae
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Morotochoerus ugandensis
Morotochoerus ugandensis Pickford 1998 hippopotamus
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Protragocerus sp.
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Bovidae
Protragocerus sp. Deperet 1887 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Palaeotragus sp.
Palaeotragus sp. Gaudry 1861 giraffe
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyonidae indet.
Amphicyonidae indet. Haeckel 1886 bear-dog
ETE occurrence; species: Amphicyonid lg
 Rodentia -
Diamantomys luederitzi
Diamantomys luederitzi Stromer 1922 rodent
originally entered as "Diamantomys leuderitzi"
 Primates -
Hominoidea indet.
Hominoidea indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE occurrence; species: Hominoidea
Reptilia
 Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelusios sp.
Pelusios sp. Wagler 1830 sideneck turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp.
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp.
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile