Upper Semliki - indeterminate (Pliocene to of Congo-Kinshasa)

Also known as ETE Locality 946, Upper Semliki - indeterminate,

Where: Congo-Kinshasa (0.0° N, 29.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 29.4° E)

When: Albertine Group, Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: 0 radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "lake, river, eolian deposits"
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "clays, silts, sands, oolitic ironstones, gravels, volcanic ashes"

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 562, 560, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: K. M. Stewart. 1990. Fossil fish from the Upper Semiliki. Virginia Museum of Natural History Memior 1:141-162 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22125: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.03.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Bagridae
Bagrus sp.
Bagrus sp. Bosc 1816 naked catfish
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet.
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Testudinidae
 Testudines - Pelomedusidae
cf. Pelusios sinuatus
cf. Pelusios sinuatus Smith 1838 Serrated hinged terrapin
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus aff. amphibius, Hippopotamus cf. amphibius
Hippopotamus aff. amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
Hippopotamus cf. amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: cf. gorgops
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet.
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hipparioninnae