Karonga - Unit 3A (Pliocene to of Malawi)

Also known as ETE Locality 1148, Karonga - Unit 3A,

Where: Malawi (9.8° S, 34.8° E: paleocoordinates 10.0° S, 34.7° E)

When: Chiwondo Formation, Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Max age = 8.6;Min age=3.76-2.0 Ma for Unit 3A

Environment/lithology: lagoonalgraded

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: lagoon ETE event: ., ETE env comment: mean riv/swamp/delta/lag
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: grav/ss/conglom/calc mdst&sltst

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 926, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), UCMP: University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley

Primary reference: T. G. Bromage, F. Schrenk, and Y. M. Juwayeyi. 1995. Paleobiogeography of the Malawi Rift: Age and vertebrate paleontology of the Chiwondo Beds, northern Malawi. Journal of Human Evolution 28:37-57 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 22324: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 05.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Kobus patulicornis, Aepyceros sp., Connochaetes gentryi, Megalotragus isaaci, Hippotragini indet., Ugandax sp., "Tragelaphus aff. angasi" = Tragelaphus angasii
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
Connochaetes gentryi Harris 1991 wildebeest
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Hippotragini
Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970 antelope
"Tragelaphus aff. angasi" = Tragelaphus angasii Gray 1849 nyala
ETE occurrence; species: mak - species name from unique name
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Notochoerus capensis, "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti, Metridiochoerus andrewsi, "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
Notochoerus capensis Broom 1925 pig
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926 pig
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp., Hipparion sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta adaurora, "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970 African elephant
ETE occurrence; species: kararae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE occurrence; species: shungurensis
Gazella vanhoepeni
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"Gazella aff. vanhoepeni" = Phenacotragus vanhoepeni
"Gazella aff. vanhoepeni" = Phenacotragus vanhoepeni Wells and Cooke 1956
ETE occurrence; species: mak - species name from unique name