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Later Neogene Hipparions from the Manonga Valley, Tanzania

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Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania

Part of the book series: Topics in Geobiology ((TGBI,volume 14))

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The Manonga Valley basin in northern Tanzania comprises an extensive series of lacustrine and fluvial sediments deposited during the late Miocene and Pliocene (Harrison, 1991, 1993; Harrison et al., 1993; Harrison and Verniers, 1993; Verniers, this volume, Chapter 2; Harrison and Baker, this volume, Chapter 13). Fossil mammals were first recorded in the Manonga Valley during the 1920s and 1930s (Stockley, 1929; Grace and Stockley, 1930; Williams and Eades, 1938) but substantial collections were not made until the Wembere-Manonga Paleon-tological Expedition (WMPE) first visited the area in 1990 (Harrison and Mbago, this volume, Chapter 1).

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Bernor, R.L., Armour-Chelu, M. (1997). Later Neogene Hipparions from the Manonga Valley, Tanzania. In: Harrison, T. (eds) Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania. Topics in Geobiology, vol 14. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2683-1_8

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