Laetoli - Loc. 10W (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 630, Laetoli - Loc. 10W,

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 Laetolil Beds (3.76+-.03ma), Min = Tuff 7 (3.56+-.2ma) 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: 11075% aeolian, 20% airfall, 5%water-worked, limestone, pelletoid - similar to Olduvai, massive to crudely bedded

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 416, 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 21812: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.10.1995

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Euonyma leakeyi
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - original species name "sp.nov.-Laetoli", names in use shifted from family / genus
Pseudoglessula cf. gibbonsi
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - genus name shifted from family name
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Gerbillinae
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Colobinae
cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969 monkey
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936 monkey
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
Parmularius pandatus Gentry 1987 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae-large
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
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
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis
"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle