PBDB Collection

Laetoli - Loc. 6 (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 616, Laetoli - Loc. 6,

Where: Tanzania (3.2° S, 35.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.4° S, 34.9° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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, Min = Tuff 7 radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: paleosol ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: floodplain

• ETE rock type adj: aeolian, ETE lithology comments: 9420% airfall tuff, 5% water-worked, xenoliths, calcite, marker tuff similar to tuffs at Olduvai

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 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 21798: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.10.1995, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	cf. Megacyon sp. cf. Megacyon sp.
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Loxodonta exoptata Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant
Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae	Deinotherium bozasi Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Rhinocerotidae indet., Ceratotherium praecox, Ceratotherium simum Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae Ceratotherium praecox white rhino Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae	"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium "Sivatherium cf. 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	Gazella janenschi, Tragelaphus sp., Praedamalis deturi, Parmularius pandatus Gazella janenschi gazelle Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope Praedamalis deturi Dietrich 1950 antelope Parmularius pandatus Gentry 1987 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Artiodactyla - Suidae	"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
Carnivora - Felidae	"Leo cf. gombaszoegensis" = Panthera gombaszoegensis "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
Carnivora - Canidae	Canidae indet., cf. Canis brevirostris Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Canidae cf. Canis brevirostris canine
Rodentia - Bathyergidae	Heterocephalus quenstedti Heterocephalus quenstedti naked mole-rat
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Cricetidae indet. Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Gerbillinae
Rodentia - Muridae	Thallomys laetolilensis, Saccostomus major, Steatomys sp., Mastomys cinereus Thallomys laetolilensis mouse Saccostomus major pouched mouse ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli Steatomys sp. Peters 1846 fat mouse Mastomys cinereus mouse ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Primates - Hominidae	Hominidae indet. Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Cercopithecidae indet., Parapapio ado, cf. Paracolobus sp. Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936 monkey cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969 monkey
Reptilia
Testudines - Testudinidae	"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis, Geochelone laetoliensis "Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle Geochelone laetoliensis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle
Aves
Galliformes - Numididae	Numida sp. Numida sp. Linnaeus 1766 helmeted guineafowl
Galliformes - Phasianidae	Francolinus sp. Francolinus sp. Stephens 1819 francolin ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: large