Nyaweiga mbr. - general (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1212, Nyaweiga mbr. - general,

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

When: Nyaweiga Member (Nkondo Formation), 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

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: cly/slt/ironst

Collection methods: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 925, ; 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

PaleoDB collection 22388: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae
Lanistes hadotoi
Lanistes hadotoi apple snail
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Torolutra ougandensis
Torolutra ougandensis Petter et al. 1991 mustelid carnivore