Kishishio 4 - Lusso Beds (Pliocene to of Congo-Kinshasa)

Also known as ETE Locality 928, Kishishio 4 - Lusso Beds,

Where: Congo-Kinshasa (0.1° N, 29.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 29.3° 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, silt, sand, and oolitic ironstones"

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 563, 562, 560, 559, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: H. B. Cooke. 1990. Suid remains from the upper Semliki area,Zaire. Virgia Museum of Natural History Memior 1:197-201 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22107: 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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Baphia sp.
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Proboscidea
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Menelikia lyrocera, Bovini indet.
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941 antelope
Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovini
 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