NY 32 - Kakara fm. (Miocene of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1183, NY 32 - Kakara fm.,

Where: Uganda (1.0° N, 30.5° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 29.9° E)

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.

•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

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: shllw H2O fldplain
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "clys&slts,often bright red"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 957, 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 22359: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Libycosaurus anisae
Libycosaurus anisae Black 1972 anthracothere