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1 Supplementary Table 1: Tree stump cast measurements Tree Stump Cast Diameter Notes cm 2 32 cm cm 4 64 cm 5 59 cm cm cm 8 18 cm cm cm cm cm cm 14 58cm cm cm cm cm cm cm cm cm cm cm 25 no measurement cm cm cm 29 no measurement

2 Supplementary Table 2: Classification and leaf physiognomic characters for fossil leaves from R3 Morphotype Classification Margin * area (cm 2 ) area (e, cm 2) Petiole width (cm) (Petiole width) 2 /area mass/area (g m-2) mass/area, + error mass/area, - error Site mean E Dicot E E Monocot - 3 Dicot E 4 Dicot E E Dicot E E Dicot E E Dicot T E Dicot E E Dicot E E Dicot E E Dicot E E Dicot E Dicot? Dicot T Dicot E E Dicot E 18 Dicot E Dicot E Dicot E Dicot E E Dicot E E Dicot E E Dicot T

3 25 Dicot E E Dicot E E Dicot E E Dicot E Dicot E 30 Monocot - Dicot = dicotyledonous angiosperm, Monocot = monoctyledonous angiosperm. *E = entire, T = toothed,? = unknown, - = monocot. Blank cell indicate character not measured due to incomplete preservation.

4 Supplementary Table 3: Paleobotanical and paleosol paleoclimate estimates from R3 time-slice. Mean annual temperature (MAT, C) Mean annual precipitation (MAP, mm) Wet month precipitation (mm) physiognomy model Wilf (±2.0) Miller et al (±1.9) Kowalski and Dilcher (±2.4) Peppe et al (±4.9) 1710 (+1430, -780) Wilf et al (+1330, -730) Gregory-Wodzicki (+1570, -980) Jacobs and Herendeen 50 Model (± 390) Jacobs and Herendeen 50 Model (± 320) Jacobs and Herendeen 50 Wet ppn 1400 (± 380)

5 Supplementary Table 4: Vertebrate faunal list for R3 site (historical and our collections). Taon list follows Pickford 24 and Drake et al. 63 with additional revisions and systematic works from several authors see 23,64-67 and our personal observations. Faunal List New collections Historical collections entire site forest paleosol after Pickford (1986) Primates Dendropithecus macinnesi 1 Limnopithecus legetet Nyanzapithecus vancouveringorum Proconsul nyanzae Proconsul heseloni Komba minor Komba robustus Progalago songhorensis Mioeuoticus shipmani Chiroptera Propotto leakeyi Lagomorpha Kenyalagomys rusingae Kenyalagomys minor Rodentia Lavocatomys aequatorialis Paraphiomys pigotti Paraphiomys stromeri Paraphiomys sp. Diamantomys luederitzi Kenyamys mariae Simonimys sp. Paranomalurus soniae Megapedetes pentadactylus Vulcanisciurus africanus Macroscelidea Myohyra oswaldi Macroscelididae indet. Tenrecidae

6 Parageogale aletris Proboscidea Prodeinotherium hobleyi cf. Archaeobelodon sp. Hyracoidea Afrohyra championi Tubulidentata Myorycteropus africanus Erinaceidae Gymnurechinus leakeyi Amphechinus rusingensis Creodonta Anasinopa leakeyi Metapterodon sp. Leakeytherium hiwegi Hyainailouros nyanzae Isohyaenodon andrewsi Creodonta indet. Carnivora Cynelos euryodon Kichechia zamanae Afrosmilus sp. Carnivora indet. Rhinocerotidae Turkanatherium acutirostratum Rhinocerotidae indet. Chalicotheriidae Butleria rusingense Anthracotheriidae Sivamery africanus Brachyodus aequatorialis Anthracotheriidae indet. Suidae Kubanochoerus anchidens Kenyasus rusingensis Nguruwe kijivium Sanitheriidae

7 Diamantohyus africanus Ruminantia Dorcatherium chappuisi Dorcatherium pigotti Dorcatherium parvum Dorcatherium sp. Propalaeory nyanzae Canthumery sirtensis Walangania africanus Crocodilia Crocodilia indet. Squamata Varanus sp. Gerrhosaurus sp. Serpentes indet. Testudines Testudinidae indet. Aves Aves indet. 1 Although the Dendropithecus skeletons are from historical collections, the location of that discovery enabled us to tie them stratigraphically to the forest paleosol during the 2011 season.

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