Uraha - Unit 2: Pliocene, Malawi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta aff. exoptata
Dietrich 1941
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Mammuthus subplanifrons
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Anancus cf. kenyensis
MacInnes 1942
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| ETE occurrence; species: mak - species name from unique name | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Nyanzachoerus jaegeri
Coppens 1971
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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Geography
| Country: | Malawi |
| Coordinates: | 10.3° South, 34.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.5° South, 33.8° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary - Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene - Pliocene |
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chiwondo | Local bed: | Unit 2 | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Max age = 8.6;Min age=3.76-2.0 Ma for Unit 3A |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: siliciclas sedi/calc mds&sltst | |
| Environment: | lagoonal |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lagoon ETE event: ., ETE env comment: bioclas bches&lo-ener lag | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 5 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 959, 958, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), UCMP: University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 1152, Uraha - Unit 2, | ||
| Database number: | 22328 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1999-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-05 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5481. | ETE 1219 | T. G. Bromage, F. Schrenk, and Y. M. Juwayeyi. 1995. Paleobiogeography of the Malawi Rift: Age and vertebrate paleontology of the Chiwondo Beds, northern Malawi. Journal of Human Evolution 28:37-57 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |