Mw 3 - Wembere-Manonga fm.: Miocene - Pliocene, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Suidae
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958
1 specimen
Dipnomorpha - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania
Coordinates: 3.9° South, 33.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.6° South, 32.3° East
Time
Period:Neogene
*Period:Tertiary - Tertiary *Epoch:Miocene - Pliocene
Key time interval:Miocene - Pliocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 2.58000 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 (faunal correlation with Kanapoi).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:desiccation cracks claystone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "swelling to non-swelling clays and claystones, calc& iron-oxide rich layers&calcaggreg"
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:3 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 501, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 976, Mwambiti 3, HiIx/5, Mw 3 - Wembere-Manonga fm.,
Database number:22155
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1999-03-24 00:00:00 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:1999-03-24 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5283.ETE 1007T. 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]