Nyaburogo fm. - general (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1040, Kaiso, Nyaburogo fm. - general,

Where: Uganda (1.0° N, 30.5° E: paleocoordinates 0.3° N, 29.4° E)

When: Nyaburogo Formation (Albertine Group), Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Biostrat comparison of mammals&Molluscs sugg age of ~6-~3.5 My

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lacustrine-paludal
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: clays&silts w/rusty-col ironstones 20-30 cm thick;Most ironstones lam silt-grade sed

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

Primary reference: M. Pickford, B. Senut, H. Roche, P. Mein, G. Ndaati, P. Obwona, and J. Tuhumwire. 1989. Uganda paleontology expedition;results of the second field season in the Kisegi-Nyabusosi area,Lake Albert basin,Uganda. Comptes Rendus Acad. des Sci.,Serie 2; 308(19):1751-1758 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22217: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 26.05.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Distichodus sp., Hyperopisus sp., Bunocharax sp., Alestes sp.
Alestes sp.
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Brycinus
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Nyanzachoerus waylandi" = Sus waylandi
"Nyanzachoerus waylandi" = Sus waylandi Cooke and Coryndon 1970 pig
Actinopteri
 Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchus cf. niloticus
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates cf. niloticus
Lates cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp.
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
 Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp.
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clariidae indet.
Clariidae indet. Bonaparte 1846 airbreathing catfish
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Clariidae
 Siluriformes - Claroteidae
Chrysichthys macrotis
Chrysichthys macrotis catfish
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. nov.
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae
Lanistes nkondoensis n. sp.
Lanistes nkondoensis n. sp. apple snail
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - names shifted