Also known as ETE Locality 788, Olduvai Beds III - IV General,
Where: Tanzania (3.0° S, 35.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.0° S, 35.2° E)
When: Olduvai Formation (Vogel River Series Group), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Beds III - IV radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: fluvial
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 488, 487, 485, 483, 482, 481, 480, 479, 478, 477, 456, 454, 121, 81, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology
Primary reference: P. H. Greenwood and E. J. Todd. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. Fossil Vertebrates of Africa 2:225-241 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21968: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 17.10.1997
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Actinopteri | |
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Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish | |
| Mammalia | |
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Hipparion cf. ethiopicum hipparionine horse | |
Bovidae indet., Syncerus acoelotus, Syncerus acoelotus, Taurotragus arkelli, Alcelaphini indet., "Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli, Kobus ellipsiprymnus, "Damaliscus niro" = Hippotragus niro
Syncerus acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo
Syncerus acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or P. antiquus
Taurotragus arkelli eland
"Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest
Kobus ellipsiprymnus Ogilby 1833 waterbuck
"Damaliscus niro" = Hippotragus niro Hopwood 1936 antelope | |
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