NK35 - Nkondo fm. (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1262, Nkondo 35, NK35 - 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; silty claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: L. Obweruka
• ETE rock type adj: silty, ETE lithology comments: Nk:cly/slt/ironst;War:slt/snd/microcongl/ls

Collection methods: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 942, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: V. Eisenmann. 1994. Equidae of the Albertine rift valley,Uganda. In:Geol. and paleobiology of the Albertine rift valley, B.Senut(ed.) II:289-307 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22438: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelusios sinuatus
Pelusios sinuatus Smith 1838 Serrated hinged terrapin
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. sitifense
Hipparion cf. sitifense Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae
Lanistes hadotoi
Lanistes hadotoi apple snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift