Also known as ETE Locality 1281, Nkondo 27, NK27 - 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
Collection methods: ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 925, ; 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 22457: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Hyperopisus sp., Distichodus sp., Bunocharax sp., Chrysichtys macrotis, Chrysichtys cf. macrotis, Alestes sp.
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Gymnarchus niloticus aba knifefish | |
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Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish | |
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Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816 | |
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Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: .; Double entry removed abundance could be 3
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Lates cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch | |
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