PBDB Collection

NK43 - Nkondo fm. (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1168, Nkondo 43, NK43 - Nkondo fm.,

Where: Uganda (1.5° N, 31.0° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 29.5° E)

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

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Max age=~7 Ma based on fauna;min age=~4.5 Ma based on fauna

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; silty claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: L. Obweruka

• ETE rock type adj: silty, ETE lithology comments: Nkondo:cly/slt/oolitic ironst;Nyaweiga:cly/slt/ironst

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 933, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: R. Dechamps and A. Ergo. 1994. Palaeovegetation (fossil plants) of the Albertine rift valley. In:Geol. and palaeobiology of the Albertine rift valley, SB.Senut: II:29-45 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22344: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Salacia sp., Dichapetalum sp., Manikara butugi, Embelia schimperi, Sarcocephalus latifolius, Brachytegia spiciformis, Bunocharax sp., Brachystegia sp., Hydrocynius sp. Salacia sp. Dichapetalum sp. Manikara butugi Embelia schimperi Sarcocephalus latifolius Brachytegia spiciformis Bunocharax sp. Brachystegia sp. Hydrocynius sp.
Gastropoda
Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae	Lanistes hadotoi, Lanistes senuti, Lanistes trochiformis Lanistes hadotoi apple snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift Lanistes senuti apple snail ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift Lanistes trochiformis apple snail ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	cf. Mammuthus sp. cf. Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Primelephas
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Suidae indet., "Nyanzachoerus waylandi" = Sus waylandi, "Nyanzachoerus waylandi" = Sus waylandi Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae "Nyanzachoerus waylandi" = Sus waylandi Cooke and Coryndon 1970 pig "Nyanzachoerus waylandi" = Sus waylandi Cooke and Coryndon 1970 pig ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: med
Reptilia
Squamata - Boidae	Python sp. Python sp. Daudin 1803 boa
Actinopteri
Characiformes - Characidae	Characidae indet. Characidae indet. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Characidae sp. B
Siluriformes - Mochokidae	Synodontis sp. Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
Siluriformes - Clariidae	Clariidae indet. Clariidae indet. Bonaparte 1846 airbreathing catfish ETE occurrence; species: Clariidae
Siluriformes - Claroteidae	Chrysichthys cf. macrotis, Chrysichthys macrotis Chrysichthys cf. macrotis catfish Chrysichthys macrotis catfish
Cichliformes - Cichlidae	Cichlidae indet. Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840 cichlid ETE occurrence; species: Tilapiini
Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae	Lates cf. niloticus Lates cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch
Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae	Tetraodon sp. Tetraodon sp. Linnaeus 1758
Angiospermae
Fabales - Fabaceae	Acacia drepanolobium, Acacia lahai, Acacia mellifera, Acacia pennata, Acacia lockii Acacia drepanolobium wattle Acacia lahai wattle Acacia mellifera wattle ETE occurrence; species: detinens Acacia pennata wattle Acacia lockii wattle
Celastrales - Celastraceae	Maytenus acuminatus Maytenus acuminatus bittersweet
Dicotyledoneae
Myrtales - Combretaceae	Combretum mortehani, Combretum robbynsi, Combretum lukafuense Combretum mortehani bushwillow Combretum robbynsi bushwillow Combretum lukafuense bushwillow