Laetoli - General (Pleistocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 634, Laetoli - General,

Where: Tanzania (3.2° S, 35.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.3° S, 35.0° E)

When: Vogel River Series Formation, Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max=base of Laetoli Beds (3.76+/-.03ma); Min=Ogol Lavas (2.41+/-.12ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 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 21816: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.10.1995

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis
"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet.
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
Helogale palaeogracilis, Herpestes palaeoserengetensis, Herpestes ichneumon
Herpestes palaeoserengetensis mongoose
originally entered as "Herpestes palaeoserengiti"
Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus 1758 Egyptian mongoose
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Serengetilagus praecapensis
 Rodentia - Pedetidae
Pedetes laetoliensis
Pedetes laetoliensis springhaas
originally entered as "Pedetes laetolilensis"
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp.
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine