Laetoli - Loc. 22 (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 613, Laetoli - Loc. 22,

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 7 radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE sed env 1: trap, ETE sed env 2: paleosol ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: 0
• 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 21795: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 10.10.1995, edited by John Damuth

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
unclassified
  -
zanzibarica zanzibarica
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone laetoliensis, "Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis
Geochelone laetoliensis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle
"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta exoptata
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus sp.
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark
 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
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa stillei, Giraffa cf. jumae
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella janenschi
 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
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felis sp., Felis sp., "Leo cf. pardus" = Panthera
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
ETE occurrence; species: large
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
ETE occurrence; species: medium
"Leo cf. pardus" = Panthera cat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet.
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
 Rodentia - Muridae
Saccostomus major
Saccostomus major pouched mouse
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet., Parapapio ado
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936 monkey