Where: Uganda (2.1° N, 34.2° E: paleocoordinates 0.9° N, 32.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: MN 3 (20.0 - 16.9 Ma)
• "19-20 Ma" (approximately equivalent to MN 3)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "channel"; paleosol/pedogenic, gray tuff
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Uganda Paleontology Expedition in 1999
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float),
• site discovered by Pickford
Primary reference: C. Guérin and M. Pickford. 2003. Ougandatherium napakense nov. gen. nov. sp., le plus ancien Rhinocerotidae Iranotheriinae d’Afrique. Annales de Paléontologie 89(1):1-35 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 73864: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.07.2007, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent | |
Ougandatherium napakense n. gen. n. sp., Brachypotherium sp.
Ougandatherium napakense n. gen. n. sp. Guérin and Pickford 2003 rhinoceros
Brachypotherium sp. Roger 1904 rhinoceros | |
Tragulidae indet. Milnes-Edwards 1864 chevrotain | |
Creodonta indet. Cope 1875 creodont | |
Brachyhyrax aequatorialis Pickford 2004 hyrax | |
"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium
"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium Kaup 1825 deinothere |