NK115 - Nkondo or Warwire fm. (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1224, Nkondo 115, NK115 - 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: both; ETE reference list: 921, ; 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 22400: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Acacia mellifera wattle
ETE occurrence; species: detinens
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Combretaceae
Combretum sp. Löfling 1763 bushwillow
Insecta
 Dicondylia -
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Coleptera
 Coleoptera - Cerambycidae
cf. Cerambycidae indet. Latreille 1802 longhorned beetle
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or cf. Buprestidae
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. sitifense Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
"Hipparion turkanense" = Eurygnathohippus turkanense Hooijer and Maglio 1974 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Nyanzachoerus jaegeri Coppens 1971 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: med
 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
Actinopteri
 Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae
 Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
Tetraodon sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840 cichlid
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tilapiini
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch
 Characiformes - Alestidae
Hydrocynus sp. Cuvier 1816
 Characiformes - Characidae
Characidae indet.
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Characidae sp. B