Manonga Valley - General: Late Miocene - Early Pliocene, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Crocodylidae indet.
Cuvier 1807
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| ETE occurrence; species: Crocodylidae | ||||||||||
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= Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Brochu 2020 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Pelomedusidae
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Pelomedusidae indet.
Cope 1868
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| ETE occurrence; species: Pelomedusidae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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| ETE occurrence; species: Trionychidae | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tanzania |
| Coordinates: | 3.9° South, 33.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.3° South, 33.0° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene - Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary - Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Miocene - Early Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63 - 3.6 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 My (faunal correlation with Kanapoi) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | desiccation cracks claystone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "swelling and non-swelling clys and claystones, calcareous sand and clast aggregates" | |
| 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
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 3 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 85, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 1019, Manonga Valley - General, | ||
| Database number: | 22196 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, P. Mannion | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-04-20 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-02-15 06:26:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-04-20 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
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] |
Secondary references:
| 65781 | C. A. Brochu. 2020. Pliocene crocodiles from Kanapoi, Turkana Basin, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 140:102410 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |