Manonga - Ki 1-4 - Kiloleli: Early/Lower Pliocene, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Bovidae
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini-sm
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini-lg
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
cf. Elephas ekorensis Maglio 1970
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 1007T. 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]