PBDB Collection

Upper Semliki - Lusso Beds (Pliocene to of Congo-Kinshasa)

Also known as ETE Locality 897, Upper Semliki - Lusso Beds,

Where: Congo-Kinshasa (0.0° N, 29.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 29.4° E)

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

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Biostratigraphic comparison of fauna suggests an age of 2.0 - 2.35 myo.

Environment/lithology: lacustrinegraded

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .

• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "clay, silt, sand, and oolitic ironstones"

Collection methods: ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 482, 481, 478, 477, ; 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 22076: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 24.02.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	nilotica nilotica, elliptica elliptica, tuberculata tuberculata, bulimoides bulimoides, consobrina consobrina nilotica nilotica elliptica elliptica tuberculata tuberculata bulimoides bulimoides consobrina consobrina
Malacostraca
Decapoda - Raninidae	carinatus carinatus carinatus carinatus crab
unclassified
-	Ovata ovata, bakeri bakeri, Gabbiela humerosa, Indet. Gastropoda-A, Platymelania brevissima, Platymelania bifidicincta, Indet. Gastropoda-B, Pseudobovaria sp., Pseudodiplodon sengae, Neothauma tanganyicense, Pseudobovaria mwayana Ovata ovata bakeri bakeri Gabbiela humerosa ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift Indet. Gastropoda-A ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name Platymelania brevissima ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift Platymelania bifidicincta ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift Indet. Gastropoda-B ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name Pseudobovaria sp. ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name, new species name "sp. nov.-A" replaced with "sp." Pseudodiplodon sengae ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift Neothauma tanganyicense ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift Pseudobovaria mwayana ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Gastropoda
Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae	Bellamya adami, Bellamya worthingtoni, Bellamya sp. n. sp., Bellamya emerenciae, Bellamya cylindricus, Bellamya unicolor Bellamya adami snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift Bellamya worthingtoni snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift Bellamya sp. n. sp. Jousseaume 1886 snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name, new species name "sp.nov.-A" replaced Bellamya emerenciae snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift Bellamya cylindricus snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift Bellamya unicolor Olivier 1804 snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Sorbeoconcha - Barleeiidae	Caelatura sp. n. sp. Caelatura sp. n. sp. Conrad 1865 snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name, new species name "sp. nov.-A" changed to sp.
Heterostropha - Planorbidae	Bulinus indet. Bulinus indet. Mueller 1781 snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Bivalvia
Cardiida - Sphaeriidae	Eupera indet. Eupera indet. Bourguignat 1854 clam ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Unionida - Iridinidae	Pleiodon ovatus, Pleiodon sp., Aspatharia wissmanni, Aspatharia cailliaudi Pleiodon ovatus clam ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift Pleiodon sp. Conrad 1834 clam ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name, new species name "nov. A" changed Aspatharia wissmanni clam ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift Aspatharia cailliaudi clam ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift