NY 50 - Lower Nyaburogo fm. (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1037, Kaiso, NY 50 - Lower Nyaburogo fm.,

Where: Uganda (1.0° N, 30.5° E: paleocoordinates 0.3° N, 29.4° E)

When: Nyaburogo Formation (Albertine Group), Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Biostrat comparison of mammals&Molluscs sugg age of ~6-~3.5 My

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lacustrine-paludal
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: clays&silts w/rusty-col ironstones 20-30 cm thick;Most ironstones lam silt-grade sed

Collection methods: ETE Size: both; 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 22214: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 26.05.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Bunocharax sp.
Actinopteri
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp.
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Nyanzachoerus waylandi" = Sus waylandi
"Nyanzachoerus waylandi" = Sus waylandi Cooke and Coryndon 1970 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: large form