Warwire fm-general: Pliocene, Uganda
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Hyperopisus sp.
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bunocharax sp.
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86 specimens | |||||||||
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Parachanna sp.
Teugels and Daget 1984
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Dipnomorpha
- Lepidosirenidae
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Protopterus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Sivaonyx kamuhangirei
Morales and Pickford 2005
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Morales and Pickford 2005 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion turkanense
Hooijer and Maglio 1974
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Eurygnathohippus turkanense | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus kaisensis
Hopwood 1926
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Hexaprotodon imagunculus
(Hopwood 1926)
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| recombined as Hexaprotodon imaguncula | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Simatherium aff. demissum
Gentry 1980
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Ugandax demissum | ||||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name from unique name | ||||||||||
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Tragelaphus nkondoensis
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. nov. | ||||||||||
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Tragelaphus aff. nakuae
Arambourg 1941
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name from unique name | ||||||||||
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cf. Simatherium sp.
Dietrich 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta sp.
Cuvier 1825
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Lukeino stage | ||||||||||
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Loxodonta exoptata
Dietrich 1941
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Stegodon kaisensis
Hopwood 1939
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Warwire stage | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus nkondoensis
Pickford 1994
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Mecistops nkondoensis | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Cichliformes
- Cichlidae
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Cichlidae indet.
Heckel 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tilapiini | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Centropomidae
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Lates cf. niloticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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91 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Claroteidae
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Chrysichthys macrotis
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39 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. nov. | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Clariidae
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Clariidae indet.
Bonaparte 1846
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Clariidae | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Bagridae
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Auchenoglanis sp.
Günther 1865
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Mochokidae
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Synodontis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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25 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Characiformes
- Alestidae
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Hydrocynus sp.
Cuvier 1816
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Osteoglossiformes
- Gymnarchidae
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Gymnarchus cf. niloticus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ampullariidae
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Lanistes hadotoi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Uganda |
| Coordinates: | 1.5° North, 31.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.3° North, 30.6° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary - Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene - Pliocene |
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 3.6 Ma (Ar/Ar) | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: . | |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "L. Obweruka, Warwire substage" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 304 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 937, 936, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 1089, Kaiso, Warwire fm-general, | ||
| Database number: | 22265 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | ETE,vertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-06-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2014-11-13 11:36:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-06-30 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5435. | ETE 1165 | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 30983 | J. Morales and M. Pickford. 2005. Giant bunodont Lutrinae from the Mio-Pliocene of Kenya and Uganda. Estudios Geologicos 61(3-6):233-246 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |