Manonga - Ki3 - Kiloleli: Early Pliocene, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| ETE occurrence; species: Carnivora | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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cf. Loxodonta exoptata
Dietrich 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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cf. Anancus sp.
Aymard 1855
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hexaprotodon harvardi
Coryndon 1977
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Aepyceros sp.
Sundevall 1847
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Damalacra sp.
Gentry 1980
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Eurygnathohippus aff. hasumense
(Eisenmann 1983)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Tanzania |
| Coordinates: | 3.9° South, 33.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.0° South, 33.6° East (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Tertiary - Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene - Pliocene |
| Key time interval: | Early Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wembere-Manonga | Member: | Kiloleli | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Max age = 4.5, Min age = 4.0. Dating by biostratigraphic correlation." |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "claystones, calcareous clast and sandstone aggregates" | |
| Environment: | lacustrine - small |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lake w/ swampy margins | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 18 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 519, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 866, Kiloleli 3, HhIw/3, Manonga - Ki3 - Kiloleli, | ||
| Database number: | 22045 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | ||
| Created: | 1998-12-10 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-12-10 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5283. | ETE 1007 | 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] |