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
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 | |
"Ancylidae indet." = Planorbidae
"Ancylidae indet." = Planorbidae Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Sphaeriidae indet. Deshayes 1855 clam | |
Mammalia | |