Also known as Chiwondo Beds 3A
Where: Northern, Malawi (10.1° S, 34.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° S, 33.6° E)
When: 3A Member (Chiwondo Formation), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• biostratigraphically estimated age 3.0 to 3.5 Ma
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: T. A. Stidham. 2004. Extinct ostrich eggshell (Aves: Struthionidae) from the Pliocene Chiwondo Beds, Malawi: implications for the potential biostratigraphic correlation of African Neogene deposits. Journal of Human Evolution 46:489-496 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 226065: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 14.06.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Gnathostomata | |
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Osteichthyes sp. bony fish | |
| Reptilia | |
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Cycloderma sp. Peters 1854 softshell turtle | |
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| Aves | |
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Struthio daberasensis ostrich | |
| Mammalia | |
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cf. Ceratotherium sp. Gray 1868 white rhino
Diceros sp. Gray 1821 black rhino | |
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? Chalicotheriidae indet. Gill 1872 chalicothere | |
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Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
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Potamochoerus sp. Gray 1854 pig | |
Ugandax sp., Aepyceros sp., Alcelaphini sp., Connochaetes sp., "Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli, Kobus aff. patulicornis, Hippotragini sp.
Ugandax sp. Cooke and Coryndon 1970 antelope
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
Alcelaphini sp. Brookes 1876 antelope
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
"Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest
Kobus aff. patulicornis antelope
Hippotragini sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope | |
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Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe | |
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Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth | |
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Anancus sp. Aymard 1855 gomphothere | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Achatina sp. Lamarck 1799 slug | |
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Lanistes ellipticus apple snail | |