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:
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 | |
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
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Mammalia | |
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Gerbillinae
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cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969 monkey
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936 monkey | |
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Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium praecox white rhino | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Gazella janenschi gazelle
Parmularius pandatus Gentry 1987 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope | |
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe | |
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental | |
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cf. Canis brevirostris canine | |
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark | |
Reptilia | |
"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis
"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle |