Also known as ETE Locality 1398, Malema, RC11, Malema - RC11,
Where: Malawi (10.0° S, 33.9° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° S, 33.6° E)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Unit 3 Member (Chiwondo Formation), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Suid&Bovid suggest age 2.5-2.7 Ma
Environment/lithology: deltaic; green sandstone
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 975, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: O. Kullmar, O. Sandrock, R. Abel, F. Schrenk, T. Bromage and Y. Juwayeyi. 1999. The first Paranthropus from the Malawi Rift. Journal of Human Evolution 37:121-127 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 22559: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.04.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki, Loxodonta adaurora
Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970 African elephant | |
Cercopithecus sp. Linnaeus 1758 monkey | |
Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine | |
"Hipparion aff. libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum
"Hipparion aff. libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: aff. libycum ethiopicum, mak - species name from unique name
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Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Antilopini sp., Alcelaphus sp., "Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli, Tragelaphini indet., Bovini sp.
"Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest | |
Giraffa aff. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
Giraffa aff. stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe
Giraffa aff. pygmaea Harris 1976 giraffe
Sivatherium sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836 giraffe | |
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti
"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti Leakey 1943 pig |