NK14 - Nkondo fm. (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1263, Nkondo 14, NK14 - 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: macro; ETE reference list: 926, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: M. Pickford and B. Senut. 1994. Palaeobiology of the Albertine rift valley,Uganda-Zaire. In:Geol. and palaeobiology of the Albertine rift valley,B.Senut II:9-26 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22439: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet.
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae