Tinde - Tinde mbr.: Pliocene, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hexaprotodon harvardi
Coryndon 1977
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45 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Archaeopotamus harvardi | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Damalacra sp.
Gentry 1980
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Kobus aff. subdolus
Gentry 1980
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4 individuals | |||||||||
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: mak - species name from unique name | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa sp.
Brisson 1762
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Sivatherium sp.
Falconer and Cautley 1836
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephantidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Elephantinae | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Tanzania |
Coordinates: | 4.0° South, 33.8° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 4.5° South, 33.4° 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 - 2.58800 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Wembere-Manonga | Member: | Tinde | ||
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Max age = 5.0, Min age = 4.5" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | desiccation cracks claystone |
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: clys w/calc nod&rd paleosol | |
Environment: | lacustrine - small |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine_lg, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: ., ETE env comment: oxyg lake w/swmpy mrg |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 55 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 944, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History) |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 1304, Manonga Valley, Tinde - Tinde mbr., | ||
Database number: | 22480 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
Created: | 1999-08-24 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-24 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
5294. | ETE 1018 | D. Van Damme and A. Gautier. 1997. Late Cenozoic Freshwater Mollusks of the Wembere-Manonga Formation, Manonga Valley, Tanzania. In T. Harrison (ed.), Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania. Plenum Press, New York and London 351-360 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |