NY 11 - Nyabusosi fm.: Pliocene - Pleistocene, Uganda

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
Mammalia - Suidae
Kolpochoerus majus (Hopwood 1934)
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Uganda
Coordinates: 1.0° North, 30.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.1° North, 30.4° East (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Neogene - Quaternary Epoch: Pliocene - Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary - Quaternary
Key time interval: Pliocene - Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Albertine Formation:Nyabusosi
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Max age ~1.8 My based on fauna;Min age <1.5 My,age of Kagusa Tuff "
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "Makondo mbr:clays&silts;Behanga mbr:clays,silts,ironstones;Kagusa mbr:clays,silts,&Kagusa Tuff"
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:2 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 10038, 631, 629, 583, 581, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1035, Kaiso, NY 11 - Nyabusosi fm.,
Database number:22212
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1999-05-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-05-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
5430.ETE 1160P. Tassy. 1994. Fossil proboscideans,Mammalia, from the Western Rift,Uganda. In:Geol. and palaeo. of the Albertine rift valley II:217-257 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]