Lower Oluka fm. - general (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1277, Lower Oluka fm. - general,

Where: Uganda (1.0° N, 30.5° E: paleocoordinates 0.3° N, 29.4° E)

When: Oluka Formation (Albertine Group), Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Lo Oluka fm=~9to~7 Ma based on biostrat comp of mam&molluscs

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: L. Obweruka
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: sandstone and ironstone

Collection methods: ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 947, ; 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 22453: 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
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Stegotetrabelodon sp.
Stegotetrabelodon sp. Petrocchi 1941 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: primitive
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet., Giraffidae indet.
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Sivatherini
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae
Lanistes olukaensis
Lanistes olukaensis apple snail
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift