Manonga - TW - Clays (Pleistocene to of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 1009, Tinde West, HhIX/1, Manonga - TW - Clays,

Where: Tanzania (4.0° S, 33.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.4° S, 33.7° E)

When: Mbuga Clays Formation, Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max age = 0.022 My (Late Stone Age lithic assemblage). Min age = 0.0 My (faunal correlation with the modern Serengeti). radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: ., ETE env comment: wet climate phase
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: grey to black clay

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 602, 601, 600, 599, 598, 597, 596, 595, 594, 593, 592, 591, 590, 589, 588, 587, 586, 585, 584, 579, 577, ; 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 22188: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 20.04.1999

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Phacochoerus africanus Gmelin 1788 common warthog