Chibiridi - Lusso Beds (Pliocene to of Congo-Kinshasa)
Also known as ETE Locality 905, Chibiridi - Lusso Beds,
Where: Congo-Kinshasa (0.0° N, 29.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.0° N, 29.3° E)
When: Albertine Group, Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Biostratigraphic comparison of fauna suggests an age of 2.0 - 2.35 myo.
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: 477, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: G. Williamson. 1990. New orchids from the flora Zambesiaca (Africa) region. Kirkia 13(2):245-252 [K. Behrensmeyer/K. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] more details
PaleoDB collection 22084: authorized by Kay Behrensmeyer, entered by Kay Behrensmeyer on 01.03.1999