Manonga - Lu - Ibole (Miocene to of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 877, Lubeho, HiIx/8, Manonga - Lu - Ibole,

Where: Tanzania (4.0° S, 33.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 33.2° E)

When: Ibole Member (Wembere-Manonga Formation), Messinian to Messinian (7.2 - 3.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Max age = 5.5, min age = 5.0. Dating by biostratigraphic correlation."

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine_lg, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lake w/ swampy margins
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "upper Ibole = calcareous red clays and limestones, lower Ibole = clay with dipersed silt and sand"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 519, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22056: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 10.12.1998

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
cf. Stegotetrabelodon sp.
cf. Stegotetrabelodon sp. Petrocchi 1941 elephant