Also known as ETE Locality 1182, Kakara fm. - general,
Where: Uganda (1.0° N, 30.5° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 1.4° S, 30.3° E (Wright 2013)
When: Kakara Formation (Albertine Group), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Max age = ~12 Ma based on fauna. Min age = ~9 Ma based on fauna.
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•Part of Albertine Group and Albertine rift was initiated around 12.5 Ma (Pickford et al. 1993). Van Damme and Pickford 1999 also suggest laste miocene age based on Molluscan assemblages. Revised stratigraphy of the Albertine Graben rift also proposes a Late Miocene age for the Kakara Fm (Lukaye et al. 2016)
Environment/lithology: fluvial; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 955, 954, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: V. Eisenmann. 1994. Equidae of the Albertine rift valley,Uganda. In:Geol. and paleobiology of the Albertine rift valley, B.Senut(ed.) II:289-307 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22358: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999
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Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Osteichthyes | |
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish | |
Mammalia | |
Hipparion cf. macrodon hipparionine horse | |
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Actinopteri | |
Gymnarchus cf. niloticus aba knifefish | |
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Clariidae indet. Bonaparte 1846 airbreathing catfish ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Clariidae
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Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish | |
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816 |