NK115 - Nyaweiga mbr. (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1225, Nkondo 115, NK115 - Nyaweiga mbr.,

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

When: Nyaweiga Member (Nkondo Formation), 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: cly/slt/ironst

Collection methods: ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 921, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: H. Van Damme. 1995. Scale invariance and hydric behaviour of soils and clays. Comptes Rendus de Acad. des Sciences,Serie II 320(8):665-681 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22401: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae
Lanistes hadotoi, Lanistes senuti, Lanistes trochiformis, Lanistes bishopi
Lanistes hadotoi apple snail
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
Lanistes senuti apple snail
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
Lanistes trochiformis apple snail
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
Lanistes bishopi apple snail
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift