Laetoli - Loc. 16 (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 608, Laetoli - Loc. 16,

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 = Tuff 7, Min = Tuff 8 radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: ab_chan_fill ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Pleistocene channel,fauna and artefacts,scour+fill
• ETE rock type adj: water-worked, ETE lithology comments: coarse, nodular beds on limestone, aeolian tuff

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 412, 411, 409, 123, 121, 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 21790: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 10.10.1995, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Trochonanina "B-Laetoli", Streptoslele cf. urguessensis
Trochonanina "B-Laetoli"
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Streptoslele cf. urguessensis
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - genus name shifted from family name
Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet.
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae
 Rodentia - Muridae
Saccostomus major
Saccostomus major pouched mouse
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
 Tribosphenida - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa stillei
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Brabovus naninciscus, Simatherium kohllarseni, Tragelaphus sp.
Brabovus naninciscus antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Ancylotherium hennigi
Ancylotherium hennigi chalicothere
LAET 2961, L astragalus
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet., Ceratotherium simum
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Leo cf. gombaszoegensis" = Panthera gombaszoegensis, Homotherium sp., Dinofelis sp.
"Leo cf. gombaszoegensis" = Panthera gombaszoegensis Kretzoi 1938 cat
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924 cat
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta exoptata
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant