NK 118-Warwire fm (Pliocene of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1085, Nkondo 118, Kaiso, NK 118-Warwire fm,

Where: Uganda (1.5° N, 31.0° E: paleocoordinates 1.3° N, 30.6° E)

When: Warwire Formation (Albertine Group), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Warwire tuff near base of fm correlates with the Lomogol Tuff (~3.6 Ma).

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "L. Obweruka, Warwire substage"
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: .

Collection methods: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 935, ; 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 22261: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 30.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates cf. niloticus
Lates cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch
 Siluriformes - Claroteidae
Chrysichthys cf. macrotis, Chrysichthys macrotis
Chrysichthys cf. macrotis catfish
ETE occurrence; species: sp. nov.
Chrysichthys macrotis catfish
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. nov.
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet.
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
cf. Giraffa stillei
cf. Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe