PBDB Collection

Laetoli - Loc. 17 (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 607, Laetoli - Loc. 17,

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: paleosol ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: 0

• ETE rock type adj: aeolian, ETE lithology comments: 8775& aeolian, 20% airfall, 5% water-worked, LS, xenoliths, pelletoid - similar to Oldvai

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 475, 417, 409, 123, 104, 81, ; 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 21789: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 11.10.1995, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Trochonanina B-Laetoli Trochonanina B-Laetoli ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Loxodonta exoptata Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant
Artiodactyla - Suidae	"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Cephalophini indet., Hippotragini indet. Cephalophini indet. Blyth 1863 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cephalophini Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini-sp.nov.
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffa cf. jumae Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae	"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium "Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Ceratotherium praecox, Ceratotherium simum Ceratotherium praecox white rhino Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
Rodentia - Muridae	Saccostomus major Saccostomus major pouched mouse ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Primates - Cercopithecidae	cf. Paracolobus sp. cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969 monkey