NK 121-Warwire fm (Pliocene of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1086, Nkondo 121, Kaiso, NK 121-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: 937, 936, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: H. Van Damme. 1995. Scale invariance and hydric behaviour of soils and clays. Comptes Rendus de Acad. des Sciences,Serie II 320(8):665-681 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22262: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 30.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Bunocharax sp.
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Claroteidae
Chrysichthys macrotis
Chrysichthys macrotis catfish
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. nov.
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates cf. niloticus
Lates cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydriodon sp.
Enhydriodon sp. Falconer 1868 otter
originally entered as "Enhydrion sp."
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere