Laetoli - Loc. 3 (Pliocene to of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 648, Laetoli - Loc. 3,

Where: Tanzania (3.2° S, 35.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.4° S, 34.8° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Vogel River Series Formation, Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Min = Tuff 8, Max = Tuff 7 in Loc. 1 radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: wet floodplaingray

• ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: wet_floodplain ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: reworked by stream
• ETE rock type adj: grey, ETE lithology comments: aeolian tuff, nodular beds on limestone, scour and fill lenticular beds

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 478, ; 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 21830: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.10.1995, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Urocyclidae indet.
Urocyclidae indet.
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name, new species name "Urocyclidae-sp.A" split
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
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa stillei, Giraffa cf. jumae
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Tragelaphus sp., Simatherium kohllarseni
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Hippotragini
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet., Crocuta sp.
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet., Felis sp., "Leo cf. pardus" = Panthera, "Leo cf. gombaszoegensis" = Panthera gombaszoegensis, Homotherium sp.
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae-large
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
ETE occurrence; species: Laetoli-medium
"Leo cf. pardus" = Panthera cat
"Leo cf. gombaszoegensis" = Panthera gombaszoegensis Kretzoi 1938 cat
originally entered as "Leo cf. gombagzoegensis"
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis brevirostris
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix cf. makapanensis, Hystrix sp.
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-leakeyi
 Rodentia - Muridae
Tatera cf. inclusa, Saccostomus sp.
Tatera cf. inclusa large naked-soled gerbil
Saccostomus sp. Peters 1846 pouched mouse
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-major
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet.
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
cf. Paracolobus sp., Parapapio ado
cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969 monkey
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936 monkey
Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
"Torgos sp." = Aegypius
"Torgos sp." = Aegypius Savigny 1809 Old World vulture
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Francolinus sp.
Francolinus sp. Stephens 1819 francolin
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: large
 Galliformes - Numididae
Numida sp.
Numida sp. Linnaeus 1766 helmeted guineafowl