Chiwondo Beds - Unit 3A: Pliocene - Pleistocene, Malawi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Theropithecus sp.
Geoffroy 1843
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Parapapio sp.
Jones 1937
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa camelopardalis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Giraffa stillei
Arambourg 1947
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Giraffa pygmaea
Harris 1976
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Oryx aff. gazella
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Damaliscus sp.
Sclater and Thomas 1894
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Megalotragus kattwinkeli
(Scwarz 1932)
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Connochaetes aff. taurinus
(Burchell 1823)
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Madoqua sp.
Ogilby 1837
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Kobus sigmoidalis
Arambourg 1941
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Tragelaphus aff. strepsiceros
(Pallas 1766)
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Syncerus sp.
Hodgson 1847
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Potamochoerus shawi
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Metridiochoerus compactus
Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932
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Phacochoerus sp.
Cuvier 1826
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Ceratotherium aff. simum
(Burchell 1821)
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Diceros bicornis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus subplanifrons
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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Elephas ekorensis
Maglio 1970
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Loxodonta adaurora
Maglio 1970
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium bozasi
Arambourg 1934
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Geography
| Country: | Malawi |
| Coordinates: | 10.2° South, 34.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.3° South, 33.7° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene - Quaternary | Epoch: | Pliocene - Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary - Quaternary | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene - Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 0.0117 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chiwondo | Local bed: | Unit 3A | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Max age = 8.6;Min age=3.76-2.0 Ma for Unit 3A |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: grav/ss/conglom/calc mdst&sltst | |
| Environment: | lagoonal |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: lagoon ETE event: ., ETE env comment: mean riv/swamp/delta/lag | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 25 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 926, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), UCMP: University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 1147, Chiwondo Beds - Unit 3A, | ||
| Database number: | 22323 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1999-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-05 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5492. | ETE 1230 | F. Schrenk, T. G. Bromage, C. G. Betzler, U. Ring, and Y. M. Juwayeyi. 1993. Oldest Homo and Pliocene biogeography of the Malawi Rift. Nature 365:833-836 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |