Kanyatsi 2 - Lusso Beds (Pliocene to of Congo-Kinshasa)

Also known as ETE Locality 911, Kanyatsi 2 - Lusso Beds,

Where: Congo-Kinshasa (0.1° N, 29.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 0.7° S, 29.6° E (Wright 2013)

When: Albertine Group, Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Biostrat comp of fauna sugg an age of 2.0 - 2.35 my for Up Lusso Beds. Lower Lusso Beds age unkown.

Environment/lithology: lacustrinegraded

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "clay, silt, sand, and oolitic ironstones"

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: P. Dechamps, B. Nicks, B. Canart, S. Buzitu, and A. Dewaele. 1990. Climatic environment and air quality in the farrowing units of a pig house. Annales de Medecine Veterinaire 134(4):243-248 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 22090: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 01.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Airyantha schweinfurthii, Anthonota macrophylla, Brachystegia cf. laurentii, Brachystegia cf. utilis
Brachystegia cf. laurentii
ETE occurrence; species: mak - original species name "cfr. laurentii"
Brachystegia cf. utilis
ETE occurrence; species: mak - original species name "cfr. utilis"
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Proboscidea
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Reduncini indet., Menelikia lyrocera, cf. Kobus sigmoidalis
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini
Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941 antelope
cf. Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
"Hexaprotodon cf. imagunculus" = Hexaprotodon imaguncula
"Hexaprotodon cf. imagunculus" = Hexaprotodon imaguncula Hopwood 1926 pygmy hippo
Angiospermae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Acacia sp., Acacia hockii, Acacia nilotica, Acacia poluacantha, Acacia rovumae, Acacia seyal, Acacia sieberiana, Acacia sieberiana
Acacia sp. Miller 1758 wattle
Acacia seyal wattle
Acacia sieberiana wattle
ETE occurrence; species: var. woodi