NY 51 - Nyakabingo fm. (Pliocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1026, Kaiso, NY 51 - Nyakabingo fm.,

Where: Uganda (1.0° N, 30.5° E: paleocoordinates 0.9° N, 30.3° E)

When: Nyakabingo Formation (Albertine Group), Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Biostratigraphic comparison of Molluscs and mammals suggests an age of ~3 Ma

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: L. Obweruka
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "clays,silts,sands,microconglom,layer of syndepos gypsum,ironstones"

Collection methods: ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 10038, 631, 629, 583, 581, ; 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 22203: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 26.05.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates cf. niloticus
Lates cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp.
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816