Chiwondo Beds - general: Pliocene, Malawi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelusios sinuatus Smith 1838
Reptilia - Testudines
Pelomedusa subrufa Bonaterre 1789
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Cycloderma frenatum Peters 1854
Cyclanorbis urahensis
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora
Mammalia - Suidae
Potamochoerus cf. porcus (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925
1 specimen
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Sivatherium sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836
1 specimen
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
3 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Neotragini
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
3 specimens
Bovini indet. Gray 1821
8 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovini
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863
5 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tragelaphini
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816
1 specimen
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
16 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
Connochaetes aff. taurinus (Burchell 1823)
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name from unique name
Megalotragus sp. van Hoepen 1932
14 specimens
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini
Kobus sp. Smith 1840
2 specimens
Antilopini indet. Gray 1821
24 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopini
Aepycerotini indet. Gray 1872
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aepycerotini
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
3 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
cf. Parapapio sp. Jones 1937
1 specimen
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777
3 specimens
Dipnomorpha - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843
unclassified
elliptica elliptica
tuberculata tuberculata
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Bagridae
Bagridae indet. Bleeker 1852
ETE occurrence; species: Bagiridae
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Bulinus indet. Mueller 1781
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gastropoda - Viviparidae
Bellamya capillata
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Bellamya cf. robertoni
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Bellamya cf. trochlearis
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Bellamya pagodiformis
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Gastropoda - Ampullariidae
Lanistes indet. Montfort 1810
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
unclassified
Gabiella indet.
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gastropoda - Paludomidae
Cleopatra indet. Troschel 1857
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gastropoda - Barleeiidae
Caelatura indet. Conrad 1865
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Bivalvia - Unionida - Iridinidae
Aspatharia indet. Bourguignat 1885
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Corbicula indet. Megerle 1811
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
see common names

Geography
Country:Malawi
Coordinates: 10.2° South, 34.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.3° South, 33.7° East
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary - Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene - Pliocene
Key time interval: Pliocene
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 2.58 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chiwondo Local bed:units 2-4
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Max age=8.6 Ma;Min age correl w/radiom dated sites
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "calc mud&siltstones,paleosols,marls"
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "fluv,delta,lacustr,aeolian dep"
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:120 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 922, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), UCMP: University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1095, Chiwondo Beds - general,
Database number:22271
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1999-08-04 00:00:00 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-04 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5481.ETE 1219T. 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]