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Lusso - Lusso Beds, North Kivu, DR Congo
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 0.15,29.567 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | not explained |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | North Kivu, DR Congo |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Lusso - Lusso Beds | Boaz N. T. (1990) | Albertine | 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. Low Lusso Beds age unkown. | 5.333 - 0.0117 Ma Cenozoic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Mammalia class | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia | 5.333 - 0.0117 Ma Cenozoic |
Redunca ancystrocera species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Redunca : Redunca ancystrocera | 5.333 - 0.0117 Ma Cenozoic |
Hexaprotodon imaguncula species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Hippopotamidae : Hexaprotodon : Hexaprotodon imaguncula | 5.333 - 0.0117 Ma Cenozoic |
Cercopithecidae family | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Cercopithecidae | 5.333 - 0.0117 Ma Cenozoic |
References
Boaz N. T. (1990) Evolution of environments and Hominidae in the African Western Rift Valley, Virginia Museum of Natural History Memior 1 i-xii, 1-356 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!