Ishango - General (Pleistocene to of Congo-Kinshasa)

Also known as ETE Locality 906, Ishango - General,

Where: Congo-Kinshasa (0.1° N, 29.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° N, 29.5° E)

When: Albertine Group, Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max age det from biostrat. Min age = 6890 +/- 75 (radiocarbon dates on Katwe Ash charcoal). radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrinegraded

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "river, lake, and volcanic ashes"
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "clays, silts, sands, oolitic ironstones, channel sands and gravels, and soft and indurated ashes"

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 477, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: J. Verniers and J. DeHeinzelin. 1990. Stratigraphy and geological history of the upper Semliki:a preliminary report. Virgia Museum of Natural History Memior 1:17-39 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22085: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata - Varanidae
Varanus niloticus
Varanus niloticus Linnaeus 1766 Nile monitor
 Ophidia -
Ophidia indet.
Ophidia indet. snake
ETE occurrence; species: Ophidia
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus aff. amphibius
Hippopotamus aff. amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse