Nkondo mbr. - general (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1214, Nkondo mbr. - general,

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

When: Nkondo 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: macro; ETE reference list: 960, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: D. Geraads. 1994. Evolution of bovid diversity in the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa. Historical Biology 7(3):221-237 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 22390: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Indet. indet., Tessmania cf. africana, Antrocaryon micraster, Hexalobus monopetalus, Elaeis guineensis, Tetrapleura tetraptera, Entandophragma utile, Ongokea gore
Indet. indet.
ETE occurrence; species: Monocot
Tamarindus
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Tamarindus indicus
Angiospermae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Afzelia bipindensis, Newtonia sp., Berlinia sp., "Leguminosae indet." = Fabaceae
Newtonia sp. Baillon 1888 legume
Berlinia sp. Solander 1849 legume
"Leguminosae indet." = Fabaceae Lindley 1836 legume
ETE occurrence; species: Leguminosae
 Malpighiales - Pandaceae
Panda oleosa
 Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombax rhodognaphalon
Bombax rhodognaphalon cotton tree
ETE occurrence; species: var. rhodognap
 Sapindales - Burseraceae
Canarium schweinfurthi
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ebenaceae
Diospyros sp.
Diospyros sp. Linnaeus 1753
 Ericales - Sapotaceae
Sapotaceae indet.
Sapotaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
ETE occurrence; species: Sapotaceae
 Myrtales - Combretaceae
Combretum aff. carringtonianum
Combretum aff. carringtonianum bushwillow
ETE occurrence; species: mak - species name from unique name
 Myrtales - Trapaceae
Trapa natans
Trapa natans Linnaeus 1753 water caltrop
ETE occurrence; species: var. africanum
Angiospermae
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
Morinda lucida
 Poales - Poaceae
Poaceae indet.
Poaceae indet. Barnhart 1895 grass
ETE occurrence; species: Poaceae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Hyphaene coriacea
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Potamonautidae
Potamonautes niloticus
Potamonautes niloticus Milne-Edwards 1837 crab
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
Mammalia
 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