Uraha - Unit 3B (Pliocene to of Malawi)

Also known as ETE Locality 1150, Uraha - Unit 3B,

Where: Malawi (10.3° S, 34.2° E: paleocoordinates 10.5° S, 33.9° E)

When: Chiwondo Formation, Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Max age = 8.6;Min age=3.76-2.0 Ma for Unit 3A

Environment/lithology: fluvial

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: calcimorphic paleosols

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 926, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), UCMP: University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley

Primary reference: T. G. Bromage, F. Schrenk, and Y. M. Juwayeyi. 1995. Paleobiogeography of the Malawi Rift: Age and vertebrate paleontology of the Chiwondo Beds, northern Malawi. Journal of Human Evolution 28:37-57 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 22326: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 05.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Connochaetes aff. taurinus
Connochaetes aff. taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest
ETE occurrence; species: mak - species name from unique name
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus compactus
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig