NY67 - Lower Oluka fm. (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1275, NY67 - Lower Oluka fm.,

Where: Uganda (1.0° N, 30.5° E: paleocoordinates 0.3° N, 29.4° E)

When: Oluka Formation (Albertine Group), Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Biostrat comp mam sugg age=~7-8 Ma for Lo Oluka fm;min age=~6 Ma

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: sandstone and ironstone

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 947, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: F. de Lapparent de Broin and S. Gmira. 1994. Fresh water chelonians from the western rift, Uganda. In: Geology and Palaeontology of the Albertine Rift Valley 2:157-186 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Holroyd]more details

PaleoDB collection 22451: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates niloticus
Lates niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Cyclanorbis sp.
Cyclanorbis sp. Gray 1854 softshell turtle
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: A
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Primelephas gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis, Stegotetrabelodon sp.
"Primelephas gomphotheroides" = Primelephas korotorensis Coppens 1965 elephant
Stegotetrabelodon sp. Petrocchi 1941 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: primitive