Nkondo or Warwire fm. (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1223, Nkondo or Warwire 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

• 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: 933, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: C. Guerin and V. Eisenmann. 1994. Les tapirs du Miocene superieur Europe occidentale. Geobios (Lyon) 27(1):113-127 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22399: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Kobus sp.
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini sp. B
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: A
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
"Hexaprotodon imagunculus" = Hexaprotodon imaguncula, Hippopotamus kaisensis
"Hexaprotodon imagunculus" = Hexaprotodon imaguncula Hopwood 1926 pygmy hippo
Hippopotamus kaisensis Hopwood 1926 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet., Nyanzachoerus jaegeri, Nyanzachoerus jaegeri, Nyanzachoerus jaegeri, Nyanzachoerus kanamensis
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Nyanzachoerus jaegeri Coppens 1971 pig
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: sm
Nyanzachoerus jaegeri Coppens 1971 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: med
Nyanzachoerus jaegeri Coppens 1971 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: lg
Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Leakey 1958 pig
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet., Ceratotherium praecox, Diceros bicornis
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros