NK 21-Warwire fm: Pliocene, Uganda

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Bunocharax sp.
20 specimens
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Characidae
Characidae indet.
ETE occurrence; species: Characidae
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816
4 specimens
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Claroteidae
Chrysichthys macrotis
ETE occurrence; species: sp. nov.
Actinopteri - Centropomidae
Lates cf. niloticus (Linnaeus 1758)
30 specimens
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Stegodon kaisensis Hopwood 1939
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Warwire stage
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
1 specimen
Mammalia - Suidae
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958
1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Torolutra ougandensis Petter et al. 1991
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Uganda
Coordinates: 1.5° North, 31.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.3° North, 30.6° East
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary - Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene - Pliocene
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Albertine Formation:Warwire
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Warwire tuff near base of fm correlates with the Lomogol Tuff (~3.6 Ma).
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: .
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "L. Obweruka, Warwire substage"
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:61 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 932, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1074, Nkondo 21, Kaiso, NK 21-Warwire fm,
Database number:22250
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1999-06-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-25 21:59:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-06-30 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

5384.ETE 1113W. Van Neer. 1994. Fish remains from Late Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological sites near Khashm el Girba,Sudan. Archaeofauna 3:115-126 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]