Tinde - Tinde mbr.: Pliocene, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Elephantinae
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
45 specimens
Mammalia - Giraffidae
3 specimens
Sivatherium sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836
1 specimen
Mammalia - Bovidae
4 individuals
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: mak - species name from unique name
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania
Coordinates: 4.0° South, 33.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.2° South, 33.7° 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
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Max age = 5.0, Min age = 4.5"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:desiccation cracks claystone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: clys w/calc nod&rd paleosol
Environment:lacustrine - small
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine_lg, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: ., ETE env comment: oxyg lake w/swmpy mrg
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:55 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 944, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History)
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1304, Manonga Valley, Tinde - Tinde mbr.,
Database number:22480
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1999-08-24 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-24 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
5294.ETE 1018D. Van Damme and A. Gautier. 1997. Late Cenozoic Freshwater Mollusks of the Wembere-Manonga Formation, Manonga Valley, Tanzania. In T. Harrison (ed.), Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania. Plenum Press, New York and London 351-360 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]