NK36 - Nkondo fm. (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1261, Nkondo 36, NK36 - 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: macro; ETE reference list: 942, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: R. Dechamps and A. Ergo. 1994. Palaeovegetation (fossil plants) of the Albertine rift valley. In:Geol. and palaeobiology of the Albertine rift valley, SB.Senut: II:29-45 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22437: 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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Brachystegia sp., Bunocharax sp.
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae
Lanistes hadotoi, Lanistes bishopi
Lanistes hadotoi apple snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Lanistes bishopi apple snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Stegodon kaisensis
Stegodon kaisensis Hopwood 1939 elephant
Actinopteri
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp.
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
 Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp.
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
 Siluriformes - Claroteidae
Chrysichthys macrotis
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates cf. niloticus
Lates cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Combretaceae
Combretum sp., Combretum hereroense
Combretum sp. Löfling 1763 bushwillow