Katanda 9 - Katanda Beds (Pleistocene to of Congo-Kinshasa)

Also known as ETE Locality 924, Katanda 9 - 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 fine sands at base, sand with gravel, pebble-sized clasts, and alluvial components above."

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 561, 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 22103: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.03.1999, edited by John Damuth

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Indet. indet.
Indet. indet.
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Mormyriformes
Gnathostomata
  -
Osteichthyes indet., Osteichthyes indet.
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Siluriformes
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Perciformes
Osteichthyes
 Ceratodontiformes - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus sp.
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta africana
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet., Phacochoerus ethiopicus, Potamochoerus porcus
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., "Tragelaphus spekei" = Tragelaphus spekii, Connochaetes taurinus, Damaliscus cf. dorcas, Redunca cf. redunca
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sm-med bovid
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
"Tragelaphus spekei" = Tragelaphus spekii Sclater 1864 sitatunga
Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest
Damaliscus cf. dorcas Pallas 1766 bontebok
Redunca cf. redunca Hamilton Smith 1827 bohor reedbuck
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
Actinopteri
 Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet.
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840 cichlid
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cichlidae
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates sp.
Lates sp. Cuvier 1828 lates
 Siluriformes - Bagridae
Bagrus sp.
Bagrus sp. Bosc 1816 naked catfish
 Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp.
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp.
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Barbus sp.
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish