Nkondo fm. - general (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1169, Nkondo fm. - general,

Where: Uganda (1.5° N, 31.0° E: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 30.2° E)

When: Nkondo Formation (Albertine Group), Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 3.6 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; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: L. Obweruka
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: Nkondo:cly/slt/oolitic ironst;Nyaweigar:cly/slt/ironst

Size class: macrofossils

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

Primary reference: G. Petter. 1994. Carnivora from Nkondo and Kisegi-Nyabusosi,Western Rift, Uganda. In:Geol. and palaeobiology of the Albertine rift valley, B.Senut(ed.) II:207-215 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22345: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
  -
cf. Paulinia pinnata, Labeo sp., Distichodus sp., Hyperopisus sp., Bunocharax sp., Alestes sp., Nkondobagrus longirostris
Alestes sp.
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Brycinus
Osteichthyes
 Ceratodontiformes - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus sp.
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephantidae indet., Loxodonta sp.
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Mammuthus/Primelephas
Loxodonta sp. Cuvier 1825 African elephant
ETE occurrence; species: Lukeino stage
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. sitifense, "Hipparion turkanense" = Eurygnathohippus turkanense
Hipparion cf. sitifense Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
"Hipparion turkanense" = Eurygnathohippus turkanense Hooijer and Maglio 1974 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
"Simatherium aff. demissum" = Ugandax demissum
"Simatherium aff. demissum" = Ugandax demissum Gentry 1980 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name from unique name
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet., "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
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp., Hippopotamus kaisensis, "Hexaprotodon imagunculus" = Hexaprotodon imaguncula
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: A sm
Hippopotamus kaisensis Hopwood 1926 hippo
"Hexaprotodon imagunculus" = Hexaprotodon imaguncula Hopwood 1926 pygmy hippo
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
"Crocodylus nkondoensis" = Mecistops nkondoensis
"Crocodylus nkondoensis" = Mecistops nkondoensis Pickford 1994 crocodile
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Tomistoma coppensi
Tomistoma coppensi Pickford 1994 false gharial
Actinopteri
 Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae
Gymnarchus cf. niloticus
 Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
Tetraodon sp.
Tetraodon sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates cf. niloticus
Lates cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch
 Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet.
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840 cichlid
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tilapiini
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Barbus sp.
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish
 Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp.
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
 Siluriformes - Bagridae
Bagrus sp.
Bagrus sp. Bosc 1816 naked catfish
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clariidae indet.
Clariidae indet. Bonaparte 1846 airbreathing catfish
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Clariidae
 Siluriformes - Claroteidae
Chrysichthys macrotis
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp.
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816