Also known as ETE Locality 1269, Kisegi, KI6,
Where: Uganda (1.0° N, 30.5° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 29.9° E)
When: Kakara Formation (Albertine Group), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Kakara fm.=range~12 to ~9 Ma, based on biostrat comp of fauna"
•Part of Albertine Group and Albertine rift was initiated around 12.5 Ma (Pickford et al. 1993). Van Damme and Pickford 1999 also suggest laste miocene age based on Molluscan assemblages. Revised stratigraphy of the Albertine Graben rift also proposes a Late Miocene age for the Kakara Fm (Lukaye et al. 2016)
Environment/lithology: fluvial; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 926, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: V. Eisenmann. 1994. Equidae of the Albertine rift valley,Uganda. In:Geol. and paleobiology of the Albertine rift valley, B.Senut(ed.) II:289-307 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22445: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Orycteropus cf. chemeldoi Pickford 1975 aardvark | |
Stegotetrabelodon sp. Petrocchi 1941 elephant | |
Hipparion cf. macrodon hipparionine horse |