Napak (Iriri member) (Miocene of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 541, Napak II, VIII, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX

Where: Uganda (2.1° N, 34.2° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 31.8° E)

When: Iriri Member, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: 0

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Environment/lithology: fluvial; siltstone and conglomerate

• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 104, ; ETE museum list:

•Collection includes sublocalities: II, VIII, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX

Primary reference: W. W. Bishop and J. D. Clark. 1965. Background to Evolution in Africa. University of Chicago Press, Chicago [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 21723: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.08.1995, edited by Jill Wertheim

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Reptilia
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
Mammalia
 Hyracoidea - Titanohyracidae
"Megalohyrax championi" = Afrohyrax championi
"Megalohyrax championi" = Afrohyrax championi Arambourg 1933 hyrax
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
 Artiodactyla -
Diamantohyus africanus Stromer 1926 ruminant
 Rodentia -
 Rodentia - Pedetidae
Gastropoda
 Stylommatophora - Achatinidae
 Stylommatophora -
Trochozonites sp. Pfeffer 1883 slug
 Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae
Viviparidae indet. Gray 1847 snail
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820 freshwater mussel