Mwimbi North, UCMP V67166: Pliocene, Malawi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes sp.
Huxley 1880
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Struthionidae
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Struthio daberasensis
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Cycloderma sp.
Peters 1854
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Potamochoerus sp.
Gray 1854
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa sp.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Ugandax sp.
Cooke and Coryndon 1970
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Alcelaphini sp.
Brookes 1876
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Connochaetes sp.
(Lichtenstein 1812)
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Megalotragus kattwinkeli
(Scwarz 1932)
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Kobus aff. patulicornis
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Aepyceros sp.
Sundevall 1847
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Hippotragini sp.
Sundevall 1845
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Diceros sp.
Gray 1821
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cf. Ceratotherium sp.
Gray 1868
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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? Chalicotheriidae indet.
Gill 1872
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Anancus sp.
Aymard 1855
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Achatinidae
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Achatina sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Ampullariidae
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Lanistes ellipticus
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Geography
| Country: | Malawi | State/province: | Northern | County: | Karonga District |
| Coordinates: | 10.1° South, 34.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.2° South, 33.6° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 2.58 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Chiwondo Beds 3A | ||
| Database number: | 226065 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-06-14 14:01:35 | Last modified: | 2022-06-14 14:01:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-06-14 14:01:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 81900. | 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] |