NK28 - Nkondo fm. (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1280, Nkondo 28, NK28 - Nkondo fm.,

Where: Uganda (1.5° N, 31.0° E: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 30.2° E)

When: Nkondo Formation (Albertine Group), Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 3.6 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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 926, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: M. Pickford and B. Senut. 1994. Palaeobiology of the Albertine rift valley,Uganda-Zaire. In:Geol. and palaeobiology of the Albertine rift valley,B.Senut II:9-26 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22456: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae
Lanistes hadotoi apple snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion turkanense" = Eurygnathohippus turkanense
"Hipparion turkanense" = Eurygnathohippus turkanense Hooijer and Maglio 1974 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet., "Nyanzachoerus waylandi" = Sus waylandi
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
"Nyanzachoerus waylandi" = Sus waylandi Cooke and Coryndon 1970 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: lg
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta sp. Cuvier 1825 African elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Lukeino
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Tomistoma coppensi Pickford 1994 false gharial
Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch
 Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish