Tinde - Tinde mbr. (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 1304, Manonga Valley, Tinde - Tinde mbr.,

Where: Tanzania (4.0° S, 33.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.5° S, 33.4° E)

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

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Max age = 5.0, Min age = 4.5"

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine_lg, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: ., ETE env comment: oxyg lake w/swmpy mrg
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: clys w/calc nod&rd paleosol

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 944, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History)

Primary reference: D. Van Damme and A. Gautier. 1997. Late Cenozoic Freshwater Mollusks of the Wembere-Manonga Formation, Manonga Valley, Tanzania. In T. Harrison (ed.), Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania. Plenum Press, New York and London 351-360 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22480: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 24.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
"Hexaprotodon harvardi" = Archaeopotamus harvardi
"Hexaprotodon harvardi" = Archaeopotamus harvardi Coryndon 1977 hippopotamus
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Damalacra sp. Gentry 1980 antelope
Kobus aff. subdolus Gentry 1980 antelope
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: mak - species name from unique name
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe
Sivatherium sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836 giraffe
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Elephantinae