• Title of article

    Early Miocene grassland ecosystem at Bukwa, Mount Elgon, Uganda

  • Author/Authors

    Pickford، نويسنده , , Martin، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2002
  • Pages
    7
  • From page
    213
  • To page
    219
  • Abstract
    Fossil plants and terrestrial gastropods collected by the Uganda Palaeontology Expedition at Bukwa site I in 1997 and 1998, throw light on the palaeoenvironmental conditions that characterised the area during the end of the Early Miocene, some 17.5 Ma ago. Some of the evidence indicates the presence of grasslands in situ at the locality, but part of the fossil gastropod assemblage and some of the plants suggest the presence of woodland to forest nearby.
  • Keywords
    Palaeoenvironment , Uganda , palaeosols , Early Miocene‎ , Grassland ecosystem , Volcanic ashes , Terrestrial gastropods , Paléoenvironnement , Savane , Miocène inférieur , gastéropodes terrestres , paléosols , cendres volcaniques , Ouganda
  • Journal title
    Comptes Rendus Palevol
  • Serial Year
    2002
  • Journal title
    Comptes Rendus Palevol
  • Record number

    2281474