NY 48-Nyaburogo fm (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1070, Kaiso, NY 48-Nyaburogo fm,

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 comp of mamm/molluscs sugg age of ~6 to ~3.5 Ma.

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: .

Collection methods: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 932, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: G. Petter. 1994. Carnivora from Nkondo and Kisegi-Nyabusosi,Western Rift, Uganda. In:Geol. and palaeobiology of the Albertine rift valley, B.Senut(ed.) II:207-215 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 22247: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 30.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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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
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Torolutra ougandensis Petter et al. 1991 mustelid carnivore
Actinopteri
 Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
 Characiformes - Characidae
Characidae indet.
ETE occurrence; species: Characidae sp. A
 Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish