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Neogene paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania : a window into the evolutionary history of East Africa /

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Contributions to this volume detail paleontologic research in Manonga Valley, and shed important light on the evolutionary development of eastern Africa. Chapters provide novel insights into the taxonomy, paleobiology, ecology, and zoogeographic relationships of African faunas, as well as lay the fo...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Harrison, Terry
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Plenum Press, [1997]
Series:Topics in geobiology ; v. 14.
Subjects:
Paleontology > Neogene.
Animals, Fossil > Tanzania > Manonga Valley.
Geology, Stratigraphic > Neogene.
Geology > Tanzania > Manonga Valley.
Dieren.
Fossielen.
Paléontologie > Tanzanie > Manonga (Vallée du)
Néogène > Tanzanie > Manonga (Vallée du)
Neogen.
Paläontologie.
Manongatal.
Animals, Fossil.
Geology.
Geology, Stratigraphic.
Neogene Geologic Period.
Paleontology.
Tanzania > Manonga Valley.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: paleontological and geological research in the Manonga Valley, Tanzania / Terry Harrison, Michael L. Mbago
  • Detailed stratigraphy of the Neogene sediments at Tinde and other localities in the central Manonga Basin / Jacques Verniers
  • Mineralogyof the Wembere-Manonga Formation, Manonga Valley, Tanzania, and the possible provenance of the sediments / Medard Mutakyahwa
  • Paleoecology and taphonomy of fossil localities in the Manonga Valley, Tanzania / Terry Harrison
  • Fossil ruminants (Mammalia) from the Manonga Valley, Tanzania / Alan W. Gentry
  • The anatomy, paleobiology, and phylogentic relationships of the Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Manonga Valley, Tanzania / Terry Harrison
  • Fossil suids from the Manonga Valley, Tanzania / Laura C. Bishop
  • Later Neogene hipparions from the Manonga Valley, Tanzania / Raymond L. Bernor, Miranda Armour-Chelu
  • Fossil Proboscidea from the Wembere-Manonga Formation, Manonga Valley, Tanzania / William J. Sanders
  • Systematics, paleobiogeography, and paleoenvironmental significance of rodents from the Ibole Member, Manonga Valley, Tanzania / Alisa J. Winkler
  • Fossil fish from the Manonga Valley, Tanzania: description, paleoecology and biogeographic relationships / Kathlyn M. Stewart
  • Late Cenozoic freshwater mollusks of theWembere-Manonga Formation, Manonga Valley, Tanzania / Dirk Van Damme, Achilles Gautier
  • paleontology and biochronology of fossil localities in the Manonga Valley, Tanzania / Terry Harrison, Eric Baker
  • Hominid origins: a view from the Manonga Valley / Terry Harrison.