Masangano, lower layer (Pleistocene of Rwanda)

Where: Rwanda (1.7° S, 29.7° E: paleocoordinates 1.7° S, 29.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Lower stratigraphic sequence has thickness of ca. 20 m

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified sandstone and unlithified siltstone

• Numerous remains of fishes, reptiles and small mammals prove the changing velocity of flow in a lacustrine-fluviatile state.
• Alternate stratification of cross-bedded lacustrine-fluviatile sands and silt.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Landessammlung für Naturkunde Rheinland-Pfalz in 1994

• Repository: Landessammlung für Naturkunde Rheinland-Pfalz

Primary reference: U. Schmidt. 2001. Of mice, men and elephants - lithic tools and faunal remains at the Late Pleistocene site of Masangano (Rwanda). The World of Elephants - International Congress, Rome 2001 350-354 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 129898: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Raghav Sehtia on 30.06.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
"Ancylidae indet." = Planorbidae
"Ancylidae indet." = Planorbidae Rafinesque 1815 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
Sphaeriidae indet. Deshayes 1855 clam
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Thamnomys sp. Thomas 1907 mouse
Mastomys sp. Thomas 1915 mouse
Otomys sp. Cuvier 1824 mouse