NK 137 - Nkondo fm. (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1216, Nkondo 137, NK 137 - Nkondo fm.,

Where: Uganda (1.5° N, 31.0° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 29.5° E)

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

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Max age = ~7 Ma based on fauna;min age = ~4.5

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: L. Obweruka
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: Nk:cly/slt/ironst;War:slt/snd/microcongl/ls

Collection methods: ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 962, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: W. Van Neer. 1994. Fish remains from Late Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological sites near Khashm el Girba,Sudan. Archaeofauna 3:115-126 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22392: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Bunocharax sp., Bunocharax schwartzi
Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates cf. niloticus
Lates cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch
 Siluriformes - Claroteidae
Chrysichthys cf. macrotis, Chrysichthys macrotis
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp.
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816