Katanda general - Lusso Beds (Pliocene to of Congo-Kinshasa)

Also known as ETE Locality 925, Katanda general - Lusso Beds,

Where: Congo-Kinshasa (0.0° N, 29.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 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: 0
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "clay and silt, with oolitic and fossiliferous ironstones"

Collection methods: 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 22104: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Indet. Mollusca
Indet. Mollusca
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gnathostomata
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Osteichthyes indet.
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
ETE occurrence; species: Osteichthyes
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE occurrence; species: stage II/III
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
"Hexaprotodon cf. imagunculus" = Hexaprotodon imaguncula
"Hexaprotodon cf. imagunculus" = Hexaprotodon imaguncula Hopwood 1926 pygmy hippo