NK 90-Warwire fm (Pliocene of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1080, Kaiso, NK 90-Warwire fm,

Where: Uganda (1.5° N, 31.0° E: paleocoordinates 1.3° N, 30.6° E)

When: Warwire Formation (Albertine Group), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Warwire tuff near base of fm correlates with the Lomogol Tuff (~3.6 Ma).

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "L. Obweruka, Warwire substage"
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: .

Collection methods: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 933, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: 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]more details

PaleoDB collection 22256: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 30.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelusios sinuatus Smith 1838 Serrated hinged terrapin
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969 monkey
Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch