NK123 - Nkondo fm. (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1218, Nkondo 123, NK123 - Nkondo fm.,

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

When: Nkondo Formation (Albertine Group), 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: Nk:cly/slt/ironst;War:slt/snd/microcongl/ls

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 963, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: M. Pickford, P. Mein, and B. Senut. 1994. Fossiliferous Neogene karst fillings in Angola,Botswana and Namibia. South African Journal of Science 90(4):227-230 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 22394: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Brachystegia spiciformis, Crysichthys macotis, Guibourtia sp.
Angiospermae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Berlinia sp., Bauhinia thonningi
Berlinia sp. Solander 1849 legume
 Rosids - Moraceae
Ficus sp.
Ficus sp. Linnaeus 1753 fig
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Combretaceae
Combretum sp., Combretum binderanum
Combretum sp. Löfling 1763 bushwillow
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta sp.
Loxodonta sp. Cuvier 1825 African elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Lukeino
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Nyanzachoerus waylandi" = Sus waylandi
"Nyanzachoerus waylandi" = Sus waylandi Cooke and Coryndon 1970 pig
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion turkanense" = Eurygnathohippus turkanense, Hipparion cf. sitifense
"Hipparion turkanense" = Eurygnathohippus turkanense Hooijer and Maglio 1974 hipparionine horse
Hipparion cf. sitifense Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae
Lanistes hadotoi, Lanistes nkondoensis
Lanistes hadotoi apple snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Lanistes nkondoensis apple snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift