Also known as Lukenya Hill
Where: Athi-Kapiti, Kenya (1.5° S, 37.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• A rock overhang. Dated using C14. Sample Gx-6757 = 8170(+-)1500 and 8010(+-)340. Gx-6756 = 6770(+-)225. Gx-6755 = 6040(+-)225.
Environment/lithology: cave
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• Holocene Aceramic in early Holocene, Holocene ceramic in middle Holocene. Material held in National Museum of Kenya.
Primary reference: C. W. Marean. 1992. Implications of Late Quaternary mammalian fauna from Lukenya Hill (South-Central Kenya) for paleoenvironmental change and faunal extinctions. Quaternary Research 37:239-255 [A. Behrensmeyer/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32119: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 05.06.2003
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Panthera leo, "Felis serval" = Caracal serval
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"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
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Oreotragus oreotragus, Redunca fulvorufula, Ourebia ourebi, Madoqua kirki, "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, Raphicerus campestris, Sylvicapra grimmia, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Connochaetes taurinus, Caprinae indet.
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Pedetes capensis | |
"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis
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