NY 51 - Nyakabingo fm.: Pliocene - Pleistocene, Uganda
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Actinopteri
- Characiformes
- Alestidae
|
|||||||
|
Hydrocynus sp.
Cuvier 1816
|
6 specimens | ||||||
|
Actinopteri
- Centropomidae
|
|||||||
|
Lates cf. niloticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
|
|||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Uganda |
| Coordinates: | 1.0° North, 30.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.9° North, 30.3° East |
Time
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary - Quaternary | *Epoch: | Pliocene - Pleistocene |
| Key time interval: | Pliocene - Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Albertine | Formation: | Nyakabingo | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Biostratigraphic comparison of Molluscs and mammals suggests an age of ~3 Ma | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "clays,silts,sands,microconglom,layer of syndepos gypsum,ironstones" | |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: L. Obweruka | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 7 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 10038, 631, 629, 583, 581, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 1026, Kaiso, NY 51 - Nyakabingo fm., | ||
| Database number: | 22203 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1999-05-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-25 21:59:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-05-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5384. | ETE 1113 | W. 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] |