Kn - Tinde/Kiloleli (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 975, Kininginila, HhIx/12, Kn - Tinde/Kiloleli,

Where: Tanzania (4.0° S, 33.9° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° S, 33.5° E)

When: Tinde/Kiloleli Member (Wembere-Manonga Formation), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Max age = 5.0 My (faunal correlation with Lothagam). Min age = 4.0 (faunal correlation with Kanapoi).

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: ., ETE env comment: swampy lake margins
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "Tinde:swelling clays w/calc & paleosol layers, Kiloleli: claystones, calc&sandy aggreg"

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 503, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: T. Harrison and M. L. Mbago. 1997. Intoduction: Paleontological and Geological Research in the Manonga Valley, Tanzania. In T. Harrison (ed.), Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania. Plenum Press, New York and London 1-32 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22154: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 24.03.1999

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Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp.
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates sp.
Lates sp. Cuvier 1828 lates