NK60 - Nkondo fm. (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1257, Nkondo 60, NK60 - 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: micro; ETE reference list: 924, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: M. Faure. 1994. Hippopotamidae,Mammalia,Artiodactyla from the Western Rift,Lake Albert Basin,Uganda;preliminary study. In:Geol. and paleobiology of the Albertine rift valley, B.Senut(ed.) II:321-337 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22433: 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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Distichodus sp., Bunocharax sp., Alestes sp., Nkondobagrus longirostris
Alestes sp.
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Brycinus
Actinopteri
 Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
Tetraodon sp.
Tetraodon sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates cf. niloticus
Lates cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch
 Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet.
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840 cichlid
ETE occurrence; species: Tilapiini
 Characiformes - Characidae
Characidae indet.
Characidae indet.
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Characidae sp. B
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp.
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
 Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp.
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
 Siluriformes - Claroteidae
Chrysichthys cf. macrotis, Chrysichthys macrotis
 Siluriformes - Bagridae
Bagrus sp.
Bagrus sp. Bosc 1816 naked catfish
ETE occurrence; species: mak - origninal species name "p."
 Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchus cf. niloticus
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta sp.
Loxodonta sp. Cuvier 1825 African elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Lukeino stage
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet.
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Sivatheriini
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet.
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae
Lanistes hadotoi, Lanistes senuti
Lanistes hadotoi apple snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Lanistes senuti apple snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift