Also known as ETE Locality 1095, Chiwondo Beds - general,
Where: Malawi (10.2° S, 34.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.3° S, 33.7° E)
When: Chiwondo Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Max age=8.6 Ma;Min age correl w/radiom dated sites
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrinegraded
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 922, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), UCMP: University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley
Primary reference: T. G. Bromage, F. Schrenk, and Y. M. Juwayeyi. 1995. Paleobiogeography of the Malawi Rift: Age and vertebrate paleontology of the Chiwondo Beds, northern Malawi. Journal of Human Evolution 28:37-57 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 22271: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 04.08.1999, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Actinopteri | |
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish | |
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Osteichthyes | |
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile | |
Cyclanorbis urahensis softshell turtle
Cycloderma frenatum Peters 1854 softshell turtle
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle | |
Pelomedusa subrufa Bonaterre 1789 Helmeted turtle | |
Pelusios sinuatus Smith 1838 Serrated hinged terrapin | |
Mammalia | |
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Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Sivatherium sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836 giraffe
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe | |
Bovidae indet., Tragelaphini indet., Tragelaphus sp., Bovini indet., Antilopini indet., Aepycerotini indet., Reduncini indet., Kobus sp., Alcelaphini indet., Connochaetes aff. taurinus, Megalotragus sp., Gazella sp.
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Connochaetes aff. taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name from unique name
Megalotragus sp. van Hoepen 1932 antelope
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle | |
Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925 pig
Potamochoerus cf. porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777 baboon
cf. Parapapio sp. Jones 1937 monkey | |
Gastropoda | |
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Lanistes indet. Montfort 1810 apple snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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Cleopatra indet. Troschel 1857 snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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Caelatura indet. Conrad 1865 snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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Bulinus indet. Mueller 1781 snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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Bivalvia | |
Aspatharia indet. Bourguignat 1885 clam ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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Corbicula indet. Megerle 1811 clam ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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