EARLY MIOCENE EVOLUTION OPEN ECOSYSTEMS AND C4 VEGETATION IN EQUATORIAL EAST AFRICA
PEPPE, Daniel J.1, COTE, Susanne2, DEINO, Alan L.3, DRIESE, Steven G.4, GARRETT, Nicole5, HILLIS, Kayla R.6, JACOBS, Bonnie F.7, JENKINS, Kirsten E.8, KINGSTON, John D.9, KINYANJUI, Rahab N.10, LEHMANN, Thomas11, LUKENS, William E.12, MCNULTY, Kieran P.13, MACLATCHY, Laura M.14, MICHEL, Lauren A.6, MILLER, Ellen15, NENGO, Isaiah16, NOVELLO, Alice17, OGINGA, Kennedy Ogonda18, ROSSIE, James B.19, STROMBERG, Caroline A.E.20 and UNO, Kevin T.21, (1)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, (2)Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB 2N 1N4, Canada, (3)Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, (4)Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, (5)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, (6)Department of Earth Sciences, Tennessee Tech University, Box 5062, Cookeville, TN 38505, (7)Huffington Dept. Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275, (8)Department of Sociology, Tacoma Community College, 6501 S 19th Street, Tacoma, WA 98466, (9)Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 101 West Hall, 1085 S. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107, (10)Earth Sciences, National Museums of Kenya, P.O Box 40658-00100, Nairobi, 254, Kenya, (11)Messel Research and Mammalogy Department, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt, 60325, Germany, (12)Department of Geology & Environmental Science, James Madison University, 801 Carrier Dr, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, (13)Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, 395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (14)Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (15)Department of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27106, (16)Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-4364, (17)Biology Department, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195-3010, (18)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place, #97354, Waco, TX 76798, (19)Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (20)Department of Biology, University of Washington, 253 LSB, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, (21)Biology and Paleoenvironment, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000