Also known as Chiwondo Beds 3A
Where: Northern, Malawi (10.1° S, 34.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° S, 33.6° E)
When: 3A Member (Chiwondo Formation), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• biostratigraphically estimated age 3.0 to 3.5 Ma
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: T. A. Stidham. 2004. Extinct ostrich eggshell (Aves: Struthionidae) from the Pliocene Chiwondo Beds, Malawi: implications for the potential biostratigraphic correlation of African Neogene deposits. Journal of Human Evolution 46:489-496 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 226065: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 14.06.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Gnathostomata | |
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Osteichthyes sp. bony fish | |
| Mammalia | |
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Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth | |
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Anancus sp. Aymard 1855 gomphothere | |
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Potamochoerus sp. Gray 1854 pig | |
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Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe | |
Ugandax sp., Aepyceros sp., Kobus aff. patulicornis, Hippotragini sp., Alcelaphini sp., "Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli, Connochaetes sp.
Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970 antelope
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
Kobus aff. patulicornis antelope
Hippotragini sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope
Alcelaphini sp. Brookes 1876 antelope
"Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest | |
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Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
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? Chalicotheriidae indet. Gill 1872 chalicothere | |
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Diceros sp. Gray 1821 black rhino
cf. Ceratotherium sp. Gray 1868 white rhino | |
| Reptilia | |
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Cycloderma sp. Peters 1854 softshell turtle | |
| Aves | |
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Struthio daberasensis ostrich | |
| Reptilia | |
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| Gastropoda | |
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Achatina sp. Lamarck 1799 slug | |
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Lanistes ellipticus apple snail | |