Where: Tanzania (3.2° S, 35.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.4° S, 34.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Laetolil Beds Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• 60-70 cm above Tuff 7; latest Zanclean
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: pond; unlithified, brown, calcareous claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: replaced with calcite
Collected by T. Harrison, Laetoli Project in 1998-2005
• Repository: National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam
Primary reference: F. T. Krell and W. Schawaller. 2011. Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). In T. Harrison (ed.), Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context. Volume 2: Fossil Hominins and the Associated Fauna 535-548 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 129957: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Raghav Sehtia on 03.07.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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