Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Introduction: Paleontological and Geological Research in the Manonga Valley, Tanzania

   • Terry Harrison, Michael L. Mbago

   Pages 1-32

3. Detailed Stratigraphy of the Neogene Sediments at Tinde and Other Localities in the Central Manonga Basin

   • Jacques Verniers

   Pages 33-65

4. Mineralogy of the Wembere-Manonga Formation, Manonga Valley, Tanzania, and the Possible Provenance of the Sediments

   • Medard Mutakyahwa

   Pages 67-78

5. Paleoecology and Taphonomy of Fossil Localities in the Manonga Valley, Tanzania

   • Terry Harrison

   Pages 79-105

6. Fossil Ruminants (Mammalia) from the Manonga Valley, Tanzania

   • Alan W. Gentry

   Pages 107-135

7. The Anatomy, Paleobiology, and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Manonga Valley, Tanzania

   • Terry Harrison

   Pages 137-190

8. Fossil Suids from the Manonga Valley, Tanzania

   • Laura C. Bishop

   Pages 191-217

9. Later Neogene Hipparions from the Manonga Valley, Tanzania

   • Raymond L. Bernor, Miranda Armour-Chelu

   Pages 219-264

10. Fossil Proboscidea from the Wembere-Manonga Formation, Manonga Valley, Tanzania

    • William J. Sanders

    Pages 265-310

11. Systematics, Paleobiogeography, and Paleoenvironmental Significance of Rodents from the Ibole Member, Manonga Valley, Tanzania

    • Alisa J. Winkler

    Pages 311-332

12. Fossil Fish from the Manonga Valley, Tanzania

    • Kathlyn M. Stewart

    Pages 333-349

13. Late Cenozoic Freshwater Mollusks of the Wembere-Manonga Formation, Manonga Valley, Tanzania

    • Dirk van Damme, Achilles Gautier

    Pages 351-360

14. Paleontology and Biochronology of Fossil Localities in the Manonga Valley, Tanzania

    • Terry Harrison, Eric Baker

    Pages 361-393

15. Hominid Origins

    • Terry Harrison

    Pages 395-405

16. Back Matter

    Pages 407-418

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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 foundation for future geological, paleontological, and paleoecological studies in this important area. The book concludes with a discussion of the importance of investigations on broader geographical sites, including the Manonga Valley, for human evolution research. The text is supported by 143 illustrations.

• Palaeoecology
• biogeography
• development
• ecology
• evolution
• paleoenvironmental

`This book contains a considerable amount of new data on the paleotology, geology, and evolutionary history of the important late Miocene-early Manonga Valley locality in East Africa, and as such it will be of great interest to paleobiologists, geologists, and all with an interest in mammalian evolution.'
Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 1997, 4(4)

• New York University, New York, USA

  Terry Harrison

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