Ny - Tinde/Kiloleli mbrs.: Pliocene, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Cichliformes
- Cichlidae
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Cichlidae indet.
Heckel 1840
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cichlidae | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Clariidae
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Clarias sp.
Scopoli 1777
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Tanzania |
| Coordinates: | 3.9° South, 34.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.1° South, 33.9° East (Wright 2013) |
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: | Wembere-Manonga | Member: | Tinde/Kiloleli | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Max age = 5.0 My (faunal correlation with Lothagam). Min age = 4.0 (faunal correlation with Kanapoi). |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "Tinde:swelling clays w/calc & paleosol layers, Kiloleli: claystones, calc&sandy aggreg" | |
| Environment: | lacustrine - small |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: ., ETE env comment: swampy lake margins | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 14 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 85, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 973, Nyawa, HhIx/11, Ny - Tinde/Kiloleli mbrs., | ||
| Database number: | 22152 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1999-03-24 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-03-24 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] |