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11795966

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-1-17
pubmed:abstractText
The Muruyur Beds are a substantial sedimentary deposit within a middle Miocene sequence of mafic volcanic flows associated with early stages of rifting in the central Kenyan Rift Valley. They are best represented in the Muruyur region, near Bartabwa, north of Kipsaramon, where dates range from 16.0 to 13.4 Ma. At Kipsaramon, located about 10 km south of Muruyur along the crest of the Tugen Hills, the upper Muruyur Beds are absent and the lower part can be divided into three members. Important fossil sites within Member 1 are dated between 15.8 and 15.6 Ma, and within Member 3 between 15.6 and 15.4 Ma. BPRP#89, in Member 1, is a bonebed at least 2500 m(2)in areal extent and up to 30 cm thick, which constitutes one of the richest concentrations of in situ fossil vertebrate bones in eastern Africa. BPRP#91, at approximately the same level at BPRP#89, is the source of a hominoid talus and other mammal and bird fossils. In Member 3, BPRP#122 has produced specimens of at least five individuals of the hominoid Equatorius, including a partial skeleton. The Muyuyur Beds were deposited near the western margin of a lake that was formed during the early stages of faulting and volcanism in the African Rift system. The bonebed in Member 1 appears to represent the influx of fluvially transported vertebrate and plant remains into a shallow portion of the lake. Elements of the fauna as well as stable isotopes that indicate both forest and more open environments occurred in proximity to the lake during the time of deposition of Member 1.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0047-2484
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2002 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11-38
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Geology and geochronology of the middle Miocene Kipsaramon site complex, Muruyur Beds, Tugen Hills, Kenya.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0121, USA. behrensmeyer.kay@nmnh.si.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.