Laetoli - Loc. 9S (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 631, Laetoli - Loc. 9S,

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 (3.76+-.03ma), Min = Tuff 7 (3.56+-.2ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: small ponds (interdune),assoc with aeolian clastic
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: interbeds of brown claystone, 1.2m of thinly bedded to laminated ponded water deposits, fine to medium sand

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; 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 21813: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.10.1995, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet., "Leo cf. gombaszoegensis" = Panthera gombaszoegensis
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae-large
"Leo cf. gombaszoegensis" = Panthera gombaszoegensis Kretzoi 1938 cat
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa stillei, Giraffa cf. jumae
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
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet., Ceratotherium praecox, Ceratotherium simum
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Xerus sp.
Xerus sp. Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833 African ground squirrel
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Parapapio ado
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936 monkey
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis
"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle