Also known as ETE Locality 879, Shoshamagai 2, HiIw/6, Manonga - Sh2 - Ibole,

Where: Tanzania (3.9° S, 33.7° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° S, 33.2° E)

When: Ibole Member (Wembere-Manonga Formation), Messinian to Messinian (7.2 - 3.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Max age = 5.5, min age = 5.0. Dating by biostratigraphic correlation."

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; claystone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 519, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: T. Harrison and M. L. Mbago. 1997. Intoduction: Paleontological and Geological Research in the Manonga Valley, Tanzania. In T. Harrison (ed.), Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania. Plenum Press, New York and London 1-32 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22058: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 10.12.1998

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