NK 84-Warwire fm: Pliocene, Uganda

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Hyperopisus sp.
2 specimens
Mammalia - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
cf. Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Centropomidae
Lates cf. niloticus (Linnaeus 1758)
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
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: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 1160P. 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]