Laetoli - Loc. 9S (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 625, Laetoli - Loc. 9S,

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 Laetolil Beds (3.76+-.03ma), Min = Tuff 8 (3.46+-.12ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small

• ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: ponded water deposits
• ETE rock type adj: aeolian, ETE lithology comments: few beds of brown claystone, 1.2m thinly bedded to laminated ponded water deposits

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 441, 409, 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 21807: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.10.1995

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Euonyma leakeyi
Euonyma leakeyi
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - original species name "sp.nov.-Laetoli", names in use shifted from family / genus
Mammalia
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet.
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Parapapio ado, cf. Paracolobus sp.
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936 monkey
cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969 monkey
 Rodentia - Muridae
Saccostomus major, Thallomys laetolilensis
Saccostomus major pouched mouse
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix leakeyi
Hystrix leakeyi porcupine
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet., Felis sp., Felis sp., "Leo cf. gombaszoegensis" = Panthera gombaszoegensis
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae-medium
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
ETE occurrence; species: large
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
ETE occurrence; species: medium
"Leo cf. gombaszoegensis" = Panthera gombaszoegensis Kretzoi 1938 cat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet., Crocuta sp.
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
ETE occurrence; species: new species-Laetoli
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium praecox
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa stillei, Giraffa cf. jumae
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Alcelaphini indet., Parmularius pandatus, Hippotragini indet., Gazella janenschi
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
Parmularius pandatus Gentry 1987 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus, Potamochoerus porcus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus sp.
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta exoptata
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant