Laetoli - Loc. 11 (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 629, Laetoli - Loc. 11,

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 = Tuff 7 (3.56+-.2ma), Min = Tuff 8 (3.46+-.12ma) 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: 9820% airfall, 5% water-worked, 75% aeolian, xenoliths, limestone, pelletoid tuff similar to Olduvai

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; 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

PaleoDB collection 21811: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.10.1995

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Trochonanina B-Laetoli, Streptoslele cf. urguessensis, Trochonanina A-Laetoli, laetoliensis laetoliensis, Pseudoglessula cf. gibbonsi
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
Trochonanina A-Laetoli
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Pseudoglessula cf. gibbonsi
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - genus name shifted from family name
Reptilia
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Francolinus sp.
Francolinus sp. Stephens 1819 francolin
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: large
Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet., cf. Papio sp., Parapapio ado
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae
cf. Papio sp. Erxleben 1777 baboon
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936 monkey
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet.
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Heterocephalus quenstedti
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix leakeyi
Hystrix leakeyi porcupine
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
 Rodentia - Muridae
Saccostomus major, Thallomys laetolilensis
Saccostomus major pouched mouse
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Paraxerus sp.
Paraxerus sp. Forsyth Major 1893 African Bush Squirrel
 Tribosphenida - 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
Alcelaphini indet., Gazella janenschi, Raphicerus sp.
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet., Ceratotherium praecox
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Leo cf. gombaszoegensis" = Panthera gombaszoegensis, Felis sp., Homotherium sp.
"Leo cf. gombaszoegensis" = Panthera gombaszoegensis Kretzoi 1938 cat
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
ETE occurrence; species: small
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet.
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
 Carnivora - Canidae
cf. Canis brevirostris
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus sp.
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta exoptata
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant