Kakara fm. - general: Late/Upper Miocene, Uganda
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Labeo sp.
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Distichodus sp.
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105 specimens | |||||||||
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Alestes sp.
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150 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Cichliformes
- Cichlidae
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Cichlidae indet.
Heckel 1840
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Clariidae
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Clariidae indet.
Bonaparte 1846
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Mochokidae
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Synodontis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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115 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Characiformes
- Alestidae
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Hydrocynus sp.
Cuvier 1816
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74 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Osteoglossiformes
- Gymnarchidae
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Gymnarchus cf. niloticus
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Dipnomorpha
- Lepidosirenidae
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Protopterus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephantidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Elephantidae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion cf. macrodon
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Uganda |
| Coordinates: | 1.0° North, 30.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.7° North, 29.9° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary - Tertiary | *Epoch: | Miocene - Miocene |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Albertine | Formation: | Kakara | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Max age = ~12 Ma based on fauna. Min age = ~9 Ma based on fauna.
Part of Albertine Group and Albertine rift was initiated around 12.5 Ma (Pickford et al. 1993). Van Damme and Pickford 1999 also suggest laste miocene age based on Molluscan assemblages. Revised stratigraphy of the Albertine Graben rift also proposes a Late Miocene age for the Kakara Fm (Lukaye et al. 2016) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "clys&slts,often bright red" | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: shllw H2O fldplain | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 472 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 955, 954, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 1182, Kakara fm. - general, | ||
| Database number: | 22358 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-23 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-03-31 07:17:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-23 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] |