In 1 - Wembere-Manonga fm. (Miocene to of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 962, In 1 - Wembere-Manonga fm., HhIw/8, In 1, Inolelo 1,

Where: Tanzania (3.9° S, 33.7° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° S, 33.2° E)

When: Ibole/Tinde/Kiloleli Member (Wembere-Manonga Formation), Messinian to Messinian (7.2 - 3.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Max age = 5.5 My (faunal correlation with Lothagam). Min age = 4.0 My (faunal correlation with Kanapoi & Sagantole fm.)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: ., ETE env comment: swampy lake margins, occasional emergences
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: swelling and non-swelling clays, claystones, calcareous and iron-oxide rich beds, and calcareous aggregates.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 85, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: T. Harrison. 1997. Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania A Window into the Evolutionary History of east Africa. Plenum Press, New York and London. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22141: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 16.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp.
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish