Laetoli - Loc. 21 (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 611, Laetoli - Loc. 21,

Where: Tanzania (3.2° S, 35.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.4° S, 34.9° E)

When: Vogel River Series Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = base of upper unit of Laetoli Beds, Min = Tuff 8 radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: alluvial plain, paleosol, airfall
• ETE rock type adj: aeolian, ETE lithology comments: 8875% aeolian, 20% airfall, 5% water-worked, LS, xenoliths, pelletoid - similar to Olduvai

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology

Primary reference: M. D. Leakey and J. M. Harris. 1987. Laetoli: a Pliocene Site in Northern Tanzania. Clarendon Press, Oxford, Great Britain [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21793: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 10.10.1995, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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"incertae sedis" indet.
"incertae sedis" indet.
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae-Laetoli
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta exoptata
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet., cf. Paracolobus sp., Parapapio ado
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Colobinae
cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969 monkey
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936 monkey
 Rodentia - Muridae
Thallomys laetolilensis
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Heterocephalus quenstedti
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet.
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felis sp.
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
ETE occurrence; species: large
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa stillei, Giraffa cf. jumae
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella janenschi, Alcelaphini indet., Raphicerus sp., cf. Pelea sp., Hippotragini indet.
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope
cf. Pelea sp. Gray 1851 antelope
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini-sp.nov.
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet., Ceratotherium praecox, Ceratotherium simum
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros