Ishango - Katwe Ash: Holocene, Congo-Kinshasa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo sapiens
Linnaeus 1758
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104 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sapiens | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Tragelaphus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Congo-Kinshasa |
| Coordinates: | 0.1° North, 29.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.1° North, 29.5° East |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | *Epoch: | holocene |
| *International age/stage: | Holocene (minimum) | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Albertine | Local bed: | Katwe Ash | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Bulk of Katwe ash was extruded at 6890 +/- 75 y BP (C14 date from near top of the ash). radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "ash, soft or indurated" | |
| Environment: | eolian indet. |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: eolian, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: ash from Katwe volcano | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 105 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 477, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 907, Ishango - Katwe Ash, | ||
| Database number: | 22086 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1999-03-01 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-25 21:59:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-03-01 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5321. | ETE 1045 | N. T. Boaz. 1990. Evolution of environments and Hominidae in the African Western Rift Valley. Virginia Museum of Natural History Memior 1(i-xii):1-356 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |