Mupanda 1B/2 (Pliocene to of Congo-Kinshasa)

Also known as ETE Locality 940, Mupanda 1B/2,

Where: Congo-Kinshasa (0.1° N, 29.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 0.8° S, 29.6° E (Wright 2013)

When: Albertine Group, Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Biostrat comp of fauna sugg an age of 2.0 - 2.35 myo for UpLusso Beds. Low Lusso Beds unkown.

Environment/lithology: lacustrinegraded

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "clay, silt, sand, and oolitic ironstones"

Collection methods: ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 561, 558, 557, 556, 555, 554, 553, 552, 551, 550, 549, 548, 547, 546, 545, 491, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: G. Williamson. 1990. New orchids from the flora Zambesiaca (Africa) region. Kirkia 13(2):245-252 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22119: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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elliptica elliptica, Platymelania bifidicincta
Platymelania bifidicincta
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Barleeiidae
Caelatura sp.
Caelatura sp. Conrad 1865 snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name, new species name "sp.nov.-A" replaced
 Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae
Bellamya adami, Bellamya worthingtoni
Bellamya adami snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Bellamya worthingtoni snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift