NK 91-Warwire fm: Pliocene, Uganda

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Bunocharax sp.
5 specimens
Mammalia - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae
cf. Parapapio sp. Jones 1937
1 specimen
Dipnomorpha - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843
Actinopteri - Centropomidae
Lates cf. niloticus (Linnaeus 1758)
22 specimens
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Bagridae
Auchenoglanis sp. Günther 1865
4 specimens
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clariidae indet. Bonaparte 1846
ETE occurrence; species: Clariidae
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Claroteidae
Chrysichthys macrotis
5 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. nov.
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816
6 specimens
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
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:47 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 933, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1081, Nkondo 91, Kaiso, NK 91-Warwire fm,
Database number:22257
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:

5457.ETE 1195B. Senut, M. Pickford, and J. Ward. 1994. Biostratigraphy of the Neogene aeloianites of the southern Sperrgebiet,Namibia. Comptes Rendus Acad. des Sci.,Serie 2; 318(7):1001-1007 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]