Also known as ETE Locality 628, Laetoli - Loc. 10,
Where: Tanzania (3.3° 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 (3.76+-.03ma), Min = Tuff 7 (3.56+-.2ma) radiometric intage_min
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•upper unit of Laetolil Beds
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: eolian; paleosol/pedogenic lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 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
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 21810: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.10.1995, edited by John Damuth and Graham Slater
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Pseudinvoluta sp. n. sp., Euonyma leakeyi
Pseudinvoluta sp. n. sp. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - original species name "sp.nov.-Laetoli"
Euonyma leakeyi ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - original species name "sp.nov.-Laetoli", names in use shifted from family / genus
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Mammalia | |
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant | |
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere | |
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium praecox white rhino
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental | |
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe | |
Gazella janenschi, Simatherium kohllarseni, cf. Pelea sp., Hippotragini indet., Alcelaphini indet., Parmularius pandatus, Cephalophini indet.
Gazella janenschi gazelle
Simatherium kohllarseni antelope
cf. Pelea sp. Gray 1851 antelope
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini
Parmularius pandatus Gentry 1987 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
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"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog | |
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat | |
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cf. Canis brevirostris canine
Nyctereutes barryi Werdelin and Dehghani 2010 raccoon dog | |
Hystrix cf. makapanensis porcupine
Xenohystrix crassidens porcupine | |
Heterocephalus quenstedti naked mole-rat | |
Thallomys laetolilensis mouse | |
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936 monkey
cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969 monkey | |
Reptilia | |
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Naja robusta cobra | |
"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis
"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle | |
Aves | |
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Streptopelia sp. Bonaparte 1855 dove |