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12.1. Stable Isotope Ecology of Northern Kenya, with Emphasis on the Turkana Basin
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Thure E. Cerling
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- 1. Introduction 1
- 2.1. Stratigraphy and Depositional History of the Lothagam Sequence 17
- 2.2. Miocene and Pliocene Paleosols of Lothagam 31
- 2.3. Numerical Age Control for the Miocene-Pliocene Succession at Lothagam, a Hominoid-bearing Sequence in the Northern Kenya Rift 43
- 3.1. Fossil Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from Lothagam 67
- 3.2. Fossil Fish Remains from Mio-Pliocene Deposits at Lothagam, Kenya 75
- 4.1. Fossil Turtles from Lothagam 115
- 4.2. Late Miocene–Early Pliocene Crocodilian Fauna of Lothagam, Southwest Turkana Basin, Kenya 137
- 4.3. Lothagam Birds 161
- Rodents and Lagomorphs from the Miocene and Pliocene of Lothagam, Northern Kenya 169
- 6.1. Cercopithecidae from Lothagam 201
- 6.2. The Lothagam Hominids 249
- Mio-Pliocene Carnivora from Lothagam, Kenya 261
- 8.1. Elephantoidea from Lothagam 331
- 8.2. Deinotheres from the Lothagam Succession 359
- 8.3. Fossil Aardvarks from the Lothagam Beds 363
- 9.1. Lothagam Rhinocerotidae 371
- 9.2. Systematics and Evolutionary Biology of the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene Hipparionine Equids from Lothagam, Kenya 387
- 10.1. Fossil Hippopotamidae from Lothagam 441
- 10.2. Lothagam Suidae 485
- 11.1. Lothagam Giraffids 523
- 11.2. Bovidae from the Lothagam Succession 531
- 12.1. Stable Isotope Ecology of Northern Kenya, with Emphasis on the Turkana Basin 583
- 12.2. Isotope Paleoecology of the Nawata and Nachukui Formations at Lothagam, Turkana Basin, Kenya 605
- 13. Lothagam: Its Significance and Contributions 625
- Appendix. Notes on the Reconstructions of Fossil Vertebrates from Lothagam 661
- Contributors 667
- Index 669
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- 1. Introduction 1
- 2.1. Stratigraphy and Depositional History of the Lothagam Sequence 17
- 2.2. Miocene and Pliocene Paleosols of Lothagam 31
- 2.3. Numerical Age Control for the Miocene-Pliocene Succession at Lothagam, a Hominoid-bearing Sequence in the Northern Kenya Rift 43
- 3.1. Fossil Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from Lothagam 67
- 3.2. Fossil Fish Remains from Mio-Pliocene Deposits at Lothagam, Kenya 75
- 4.1. Fossil Turtles from Lothagam 115
- 4.2. Late Miocene–Early Pliocene Crocodilian Fauna of Lothagam, Southwest Turkana Basin, Kenya 137
- 4.3. Lothagam Birds 161
- Rodents and Lagomorphs from the Miocene and Pliocene of Lothagam, Northern Kenya 169
- 6.1. Cercopithecidae from Lothagam 201
- 6.2. The Lothagam Hominids 249
- Mio-Pliocene Carnivora from Lothagam, Kenya 261
- 8.1. Elephantoidea from Lothagam 331
- 8.2. Deinotheres from the Lothagam Succession 359
- 8.3. Fossil Aardvarks from the Lothagam Beds 363
- 9.1. Lothagam Rhinocerotidae 371
- 9.2. Systematics and Evolutionary Biology of the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene Hipparionine Equids from Lothagam, Kenya 387
- 10.1. Fossil Hippopotamidae from Lothagam 441
- 10.2. Lothagam Suidae 485
- 11.1. Lothagam Giraffids 523
- 11.2. Bovidae from the Lothagam Succession 531
- 12.1. Stable Isotope Ecology of Northern Kenya, with Emphasis on the Turkana Basin 583
- 12.2. Isotope Paleoecology of the Nawata and Nachukui Formations at Lothagam, Turkana Basin, Kenya 605
- 13. Lothagam: Its Significance and Contributions 625
- Appendix. Notes on the Reconstructions of Fossil Vertebrates from Lothagam 661
- Contributors 667
- Index 669
