Manonga Valley - General (Miocene to of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 1019, Manonga Valley - General,

Where: Tanzania (3.9° S, 33.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 33.0° E)

When: Ibole/Tinde/Kiloleli Member (Wembere-Manonga Formation), Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 3.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Max age = 5.5 My (faunal correlation with Lothagam). Min age = 4.0 My (faunal correlation with Kanapoi)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: ., ETE env comment: swampy lake margins
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "swelling and non-swelling clys and claystones, calcareous sand and clast aggregates"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 85, ; 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 22196: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 20.04.1999, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp.
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
ETE occurrence; species: Crocodylidae
 Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelomedusidae indet.
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868 sideneck turtle
ETE occurrence; species: Pelomedusidae
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet.
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
ETE occurrence; species: Trionychidae