NY45 - Kakara fm.: Late/Upper Miocene, Uganda

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Labeo sp.
Distichodus sp.
105 specimens
Alestes sp.
150 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Brycinus
Dipnomorpha - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Acomys sp. Geoffroy 1838
5 specimens
Mammalia - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Soricidae
Reptilia - Colubridae
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Colubridae
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchus cf. niloticus
5 specimens
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
74 specimens
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816
4 specimens
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clariidae indet. Bonaparte 1846
8 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Clariidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Uganda
Coordinates: 1.0° North, 30.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.7° North, 29.9° East
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary - Tertiary *Epoch:Miocene - Miocene
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:11.60800 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Albertine Formation:Kakara
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Max age = ~7 Ma based on fauna;min age = ~4.5
Part of Albertine Group and Albertine rift was initiated around 12.5 Ma (Pickford et al. 1993). Van Damme and Pickford 1999 also suggest laste miocene age based on Molluscan assemblages. Revised stratigraphy of the Albertine Graben rift also proposes a Late Miocene age for the Kakara Fm (Lukaye et al. 2016)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: cly/slt/ironst
Environment:fluvial indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: shallow-water floodplain
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:355 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 926, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1267, NY45 - Kakara fm.,
Database number:22443
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:1999-08-23 00:00:00 Last modified:2022-03-31 07:19:17
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-23 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

5434.ETE 1164S. Bailon and J.C. Rage. 1994. Neogene and Pleistocene squamates from the Western Rift,Uganda. In:Geol. and paleobiology of the Albertine rift valley, B.Senut(ed.) II:129-135 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]