NK42 - Nkondo fm. (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1249, Nkondo 42, NK42 - 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; silty claystone

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

Collection methods: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 936, ; 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 22425: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates cf. niloticus
Lates cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
"Simatherium aff. demissum" = Ugandax demissum
"Simatherium aff. demissum" = Ugandax demissum Gentry 1980 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name from unique name