Manonga - In 2 - Clays: Pleistocene - Holocene, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach 1797)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Suidae
Phacochoerus africanus (Gmelin 1788)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania
Coordinates: 3.9° South, 33.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.0° South, 33.6° East
Time
Period:Quaternary
*Epoch:Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene
*International age/stage:Holocene (minimum)
Key time interval:Pleistocene - Holocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mbuga Clays
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max age = 0.022 My (Late Stone Age lithic assemblage). Min age = 0.0 My (faunal correlation with the modern Serengeti). radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: grey to black clay
Environment:lacustrine - small
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: ., ETE env comment: wet climate phase
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:4 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 626, 625, 623, 620, 617, 616, 615, 611, 606, 604, 603, 595, 578, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1012, Inolelo 2, HhIw/9, Manonga - In 2 - Clays,
Database number:22191
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1999-04-20 00:00:00 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:1999-04-20 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]