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 | |
Osteichthyes sp. bony fish | |
Aves | |
Struthio daberasensis ostrich | |
Reptilia | |
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Cycloderma sp. Peters 1854 softshell turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Anancus sp. Aymard 1855 gomphothere | |
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
cf. Ceratotherium sp. Gray 1868 white rhino
Diceros sp. Gray 1821 black rhino | |
? Chalicotheriidae indet. Gill 1872 chalicothere | |
Aepyceros sp., Hippotragini sp., Kobus aff. patulicornis, Alcelaphini sp., Connochaetes sp., "Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli, Ugandax sp.
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
Hippotragini sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope
Kobus aff. patulicornis antelope
Alcelaphini sp. Brookes 1876 antelope
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
"Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest
Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970 antelope | |
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe | |
Potamochoerus sp. Gray 1854 pig | |
Gastropoda | |
Lanistes ellipticus apple snail | |
Achatina sp. Lamarck 1799 slug |