NY 39 - Nyabusosi fm. (Pliocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1032, Kaiso, NY 39 - Nyabusosi fm.,

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

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

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Max age ~1.8 My based on fauna;Min age <1.5 My,age of Kagusa Tuff "

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "Makondo mbr:clays&silts;Behanga mbr:clays,silts,ironstones;Kagusa mbr:clays,silts,&Kagusa Tuff"

Collection methods: ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 10038, 631, 629, 583, 581, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: D. Geraads. 1994. Evolution of bovid diversity in the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. Historical Biology 7(3):221-237 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 22209: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 26.05.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Bunocharax sp.
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
cf. Gazella sp.
cf. Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Actinopteri
 Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
Tetraodon sp.
Tetraodon sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp.
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clariidae indet.
Clariidae indet. Bonaparte 1846 airbreathing catfish
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Clariidae