NY 11 - Nyabusosi fm. (Pliocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1035, Kaiso, NY 11 - Nyabusosi fm.,

Where: Uganda (1.0° N, 30.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 0.1° N, 30.4° E (Wright 2013)

When: Nyabusosi Formation (Albertine Group), Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• 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 "

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "Makondo mbr:clays&silts;Behanga mbr:clays,silts,ironstones;Kagusa mbr:clays,silts,&Kagusa Tuff"

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 10038, 631, 629, 583, 581, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: P. 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]more details

PaleoDB collection 22212: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 26.05.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: atavus
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus majus
Kolpochoerus majus Hopwood 1934 pig