NK13 - Nkondo fm. (Miocene to of Uganda)

Also known as ETE Locality 1264, Nkondo 13, NK13 - Nkondo fm.,

Where: Uganda (1.5° N, 31.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 2.3° S, 30.6° E (Wright 2013)

When: Nkondo Formation (Albertine Group), Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Max age = ~7 Ma based on fauna;min age = ~4.5

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; silty claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: L. Obweruka
• ETE rock type adj: silty, ETE lithology comments: Nk:cly/slt/ironst;War:slt/snd/microcongl/ls

Collection methods: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 926, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: C. Guernet. 1994. Ostracods from Nkondo Formation,upper Miocene,lake Albert Basin,Uganda. Int.Cent.Train.Exch.in the Geosci. 29:59-63 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22440: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Bunocharax sp.
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Lymnocytheridae
Gomphocythere obtusata
Gomphocythere obtusata ostracod
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
 Podocopida - Candonidae
Candonopsis cf. africana
Candonopsis cf. africana ostracod
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
 Podocopida - Cyprididae
Eucypris indet.
Eucypris indet. Vavra 1891 ostracod
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae
Lanistes nkondoensis
Lanistes nkondoensis apple snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Osteichthyes
 Ceratodontiformes - Lepidosirenidae
Protopterus sp.
Protopterus sp. Agassiz 1843 african lungfish
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet.
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet.
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet.
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Equidae
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Claroteidae
Chrysichthys cf. macrotis, Chrysichthys macrotis
 Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Synodontis sp.
Synodontis sp. Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
 Acanthomorphata - Centropomidae
Lates cf. niloticus
Lates cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1758 Nile perch