Katanda 2 - Katanda Beds (Pleistocene to of Congo-Kinshasa)

Also known as ETE Locality 920, Katanda 2 - Katanda Beds,

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

When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "Max= 173,810 +/- 800(on hippo teeth from Kt9),min = 6890 +/- 75 (or char from Katwe ash at Kabale 7)." radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "alluvial, colluvial, and eolian"
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "medium and corase sands at base, sands with gravel, pebble-sized clasts, and alluvial components in middle and at top."

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 561, 560, 558, 557, 556, 555, 554, 553, 552, 551, 550, 549, 548, 547, 546, 545, 491, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: J. E. Yellen, A. S. Brooks, E. Cornelissen, M. Mehlman, and K. Stewart. 1995. A middle stone age worked bone industry from Katanda,Upper Semliki Valley,Zaire. Science 268(5210):553-556 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 22099: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.03.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp.
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp.
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp.
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Syncerus caffer
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: lg.-med. bovid
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: lg. bovid
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet., Potamochoerus porcus
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo