NK 84-Warwire fm: Pliocene, Uganda
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Hyperopisus sp.
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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3 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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cf. Loxodonta exoptata
Dietrich 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Centropomidae
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Lates cf. niloticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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 - 2.58800 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
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: | 8 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 934, ; ETE museum list: |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 1079, Nkondo 84, Kaiso, NK 84-Warwire fm, | ||
Database number: | 22255 | ||
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:
5430. | ETE 1160 | 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] |