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 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] |