Also known as ETE Locality 1089, Kaiso, Warwire fm-general,
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; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 937, 936, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: V. Eisenmann. 1994. Equidae of the Albertine rift valley,Uganda. In:Geol. and paleobiology of the Albertine rift valley, B.Senut(ed.) II:289-307 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 22265: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 30.06.1999, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Gymnarchus cf. niloticus aba knifefish | |
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816 | |
Clariidae indet. Bonaparte 1846 airbreathing catfish ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Clariidae
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Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish | |
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Auchenoglanis sp. Günther 1865 naked catfish | |
Lates cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch | |
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Osteichthyes | |
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish | |
Reptilia | |
"Crocodylus nkondoensis" = Mecistops nkondoensis
"Crocodylus nkondoensis" = Mecistops nkondoensis Pickford 1994 crocodile | |
Mammalia | |
Loxodonta sp. Cuvier 1825 African elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Lukeino stage
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant
Stegodon kaisensis Hopwood 1939 elephant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Warwire stage
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"Hipparion turkanense" = Eurygnathohippus turkanense
"Hipparion turkanense" = Eurygnathohippus turkanense Hooijer and Maglio 1974 hipparionine horse | |
"Hexaprotodon imagunculus" = Hexaprotodon imaguncula, Hippopotamus kaisensis
"Hexaprotodon imagunculus" = Hexaprotodon imaguncula Hopwood 1926 pygmy hippo
Hippopotamus kaisensis Hopwood 1926 hippo | |
Tragelaphus nkondoensis, Tragelaphus aff. nakuae, cf. Simatherium sp., "Simatherium aff. demissum" = Ugandax demissum
Tragelaphus aff. nakuae Arambourg 1941 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name from unique name
cf. Simatherium sp. Dietrich 1941 antelope
"Simatherium aff. demissum" = Ugandax demissum Gentry 1980 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name from unique name
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Sivaonyx kamuhangirei Morales and Pickford 2005 otter | |
Gastropoda | |
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