Kiniginila - Tinde mbr. (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 1305, Manonga Valley, HhIx/12, Kiniginila - Tinde mbr.,

Where: Tanzania (4.0° S, 34.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° S, 33.6° E)

When: Tinde Member (Wembere-Manonga Formation), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Max age = 5.0, Min age = 4.5"

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine_lg, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: ., ETE env comment: oxyg lake w/swmpy mrg
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: clys w/calc nod&rd paleosol

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 926, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: 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]more details

PaleoDB collection 22481: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 24.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Paludomidae
Cleopatra aff. ferruginea snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Melanoides aff. anomala snail
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
 Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae
Bellamya aff. capillata snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae
Lanistes ovum apple snail
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
 Sorbeoconcha - Bithyniidae
Gabbiella aff. humerosa Martens 1879 snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821 civet
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Viverridae
Actinopteri
 Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840 cichlid
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cichlidae