Also known as ETE Locality 919, Katanda 16 - Katanda Beds,
Where: Congo-Kinshasa (0.1° N, 29.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° N, 29.5° E)
When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "Max= 173,810 +/- 800(on hippo teeth from Kt9),min = 6890 +/- 75 (or char from Katwe ash at Kabale 7)." radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: sandstone
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 562, 561, 558, 557, 556, 555, 554, 553, 552, 551, 550, 549, 548, 547, 546, 545, 491, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: J. E. Yellen, A. S. Brooks, E. Cornelissen, M. Mehlman, and K. Stewart. 1995. A middle stone age worked bone industry from Katanda,Upper Semliki Valley,Zaire. Science 268(5210):553-556 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 22098: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.03.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Actinopteri | |
Gymnarchus sp. Cuvier 1829 aba knifefish | |
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish | |
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish | |
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish | |
Bagrus sp. Bosc 1816 naked catfish | |
Lates sp. Cuvier 1828 lates | |
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Cladistia | |
Polypterus sp. Lacépède 1803 bichir | |
Osteichthyes | |
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish | |
Mammalia | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
cf. Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest | |
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Aonyx sp. Lesson 1827 clawless otter |