NK1 - Nkondo fm.: Miocene - Pliocene, Uganda

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Bunocharax schwartzi
1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: cf. Mammuthus
see common names

Geography
Country:Uganda
Coordinates: 1.5° North, 31.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.7° North, 29.5° East
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene - Pliocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5-6 - Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary - Tertiary
Key time interval: Miocene - Pliocene
Age range of interval: 23.03 - 2.58 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Albertine Formation:Nkondo
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Max age = ~7 Ma based on fauna;min age = ~4.5
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty claystone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: silty, ETE lithology comments: Nk:cly/slt/ironst;War:slt/snd/microcongl/ls
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: L. Obweruka
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:2 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 944, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1237, Nkondo 1, NK1 - Nkondo fm.,
Database number:22413
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1999-08-23 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-25 21:59:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-23 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
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]