NY 68 - Nyakabingo fm. (Pliocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1023, Kaiso, NY 68 - Nyakabingo fm.,

Where: Uganda (1.0° N, 30.5° E: paleocoordinates 0.9° N, 30.3° E)

When: Nyakabingo Formation (Albertine Group), Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Biostratigraphic comparison of Molluscs and mammals suggests an age of ~3 Ma

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: L. Obweruka
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "clays,silts,sands,microconglom,layer of syndepos gypsum,ironstones"

Collection methods: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 552, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: P. Tassy. 1994. Fossil proboscideans,Mammalia, from the Western Rift,Uganda. In:Geol. and palaeo. of the Albertine rift valley II:217-257 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22200: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 26.05.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelusios sp.
Pelusios sp. Wagler 1830 sideneck turtle
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sibniger
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae
Pila mutungi n. sp.
Pila mutungi n. sp. apple snail
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - names shifted