Manonga - Ki 1-4 - Kiloleli: Early/Lower Pliocene, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini-sm | ||||||||||
Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini-lg | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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cf. Elephas ekorensis
Maglio 1970
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Tanzania |
Coordinates: | 3.9° South, 33.7° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 4.1° South, 33.3° East |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
*Period: | Tertiary - Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene - Pliocene |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pliocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Wembere-Manonga | Member: | Kiloleli | ||
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Max age = 4.5, Min age = 4.0. Dating by biostratigraphic correlation." |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | claystone |
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "claystones, calcareous clast and sandstone aggregates" | |
Environment: | lacustrine - small |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lake w/ swampy margins |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 3 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 519, ; ETE museum list: |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 867, Kiloelei 1-4, HhIw/1-4, Manonga - Ki 1-4 - Kiloleli, | ||
Database number: | 22046 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | ||
Created: | 1998-12-10 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-05-10 08:30:22 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-12-10 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
5283. | ETE 1007 | 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] |