Semliki - Lower & Upper Lusso (Pliocene to of Congo-Kinshasa)

Also known as ETE Locality 943, Semliki - Lower & Upper Lusso,

Where: Congo-Kinshasa (0.0° N, 29.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 29.4° E)

When: Albertine Group, Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Biostrat comp of fauna sugg an age of 2.0 - 2.35 myo for UpLusso Beds. Low Lusso Beds unkown.

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

Primary reference: K. M. Stewart. 1990. Fossil fish from the Upper Semiliki. Virginia Museum of Natural History Memior 1:141-162 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22122: 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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Labeo sp., Sindacharax sp., Hyperopisus sp., Sindacharax cf. deserti
Gnathostomata
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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
Actinopteri
 Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet.
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840 cichlid
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cichlidae
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates sp., Lates cf. rhachirhinchus, Lates niloticus
Lates sp. Cuvier 1828 lates
Lates niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch
 Siluriformes - Bagridae
Bagridae indet.
Bagridae indet. Bleeker 1852 naked catfish
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bagridae
 Siluriformes - Claroteidae
Clarotes sp.
Clarotes sp. Kner 1855 catfish
 Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp.
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp.
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
 Characiformes - Characidae
Characidae indet.
Characidae indet.
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Characidae