In 1 - Wembere-Manonga fm.: Messinian - Zanclean, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777
91 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania
Coordinates: 3.9° South, 33.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.4° South, 33.6° East (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene - Pliocene
Stage: Messinian - Zanclean 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary - Tertiary
Key time interval: Messinian - Zanclean
Age range of interval: 7.246 - 3.6 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wembere-Manonga Member:Ibole/Tinde/Kiloleli
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Max age = 5.5 My (faunal correlation with Lothagam). Min age = 4.0 My (faunal correlation with Kanapoi & Sagantole fm.)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:desiccation cracks claystone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: swelling and non-swelling clays, claystones, calcareous and iron-oxide rich beds, and calcareous aggregates.
Environment:lacustrine - small
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: ., ETE env comment: swampy lake margins, occasional emergences
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:91 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 85, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 962, In 1 - Wembere-Manonga fm., HhIw/8, In 1, Inolelo 1,
Database number:22141
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:G. Varnham
Created:1999-03-16 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-03-16 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
5379.ETE 1108T. Harrison. 1997. Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania A Window into the Evolutionary History of east Africa. Plenum Press, New York and London. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]