Behanga 1 (Pliocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1036, Kaiso, Behanga 1,

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

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

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Max age ~1.8 My based on fauna;Min age <1.5 My,age of Kagusa Tuff "

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "Makondo mbr:clays&silts;Behanga mbr:clays,silts,ironstones;Kagusa mbr:clays,silts,&Kagusa Tuff"

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 10038, 631, 629, 583, 581, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: M. Faure. 1994. Hippopotamidae,Mammalia,Artiodactyla from the Western Rift,Lake Albert Basin,Uganda;preliminary study. In:Geol. and paleobiology of the Albertine rift valley, B.Senut(ed.) II:321-337 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22213: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 26.05.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus gorgops
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928 hippo