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

Also known as ETE Locality 1278, Upper 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: Up Oluka fm=~6 Ma based on biostrat comp mam&mollusc faunas

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: ironstones

Collection methods: ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 947, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: P. Tassy. 1994. Fossil proboscideans,Mammalia, from the Western Rift,Uganda. In:Geol. and palaeo. of the Albertine rift valley II:217-257 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22454: 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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Bunocharax sp., Chysichthys macrotis
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Stegotetrabelodon sp.
Stegotetrabelodon sp. Petrocchi 1941 elephant
ETE occurrence; species: priitive
Osteichthyes
 Ceratodontiformes - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus sp.
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish
Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates cf. niloticus
Lates cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clariidae indet.
Clariidae indet. Bonaparte 1846 airbreathing catfish
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Clariidae