Also known as ETE Locality 617, Laetoli - Loc. 5,
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 Laetolil Beds, Min = Tuff 7 radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology:
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 446, ; 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 21799: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.10.1995, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Pseudinvoluta sp. n. sp. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - original species name "sp.nov.-Laetoli"
Urocyclinae indet. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name "Urocyclinae spB-Laet" split into genus and species names
Urocyclinae indet. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name "Urocyclinae spC-Laet" split into genus and species names
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Mammalia | |
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
Simatherium kohllarseni antelope | |
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe | |
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog | |
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium praecox white rhino
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
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Dinofelis sp., "Leo cf. pardus" = Panthera
Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924 cat
"Leo cf. pardus" = Panthera cat | |
cf. Papio sp. Erxleben 1777 baboon | |
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Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 rodent ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Gerbillinae
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Heterocephalus quenstedti naked mole-rat | |
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Dendromus sp. Smith 1829 African climbing mice | |
Thallomys laetolilensis mouse | |
Rhynchocyon pliocaenicus elephant shrew | |
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark | |
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant | |
Reptilia | |
Geochelone laetoliensis, "Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis
Geochelone laetoliensis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle
"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle | |
Numida sp. Linnaeus 1766 helmeted guineafowl |