Olduvai Beds III - IV General (Pleistocene of Tanzania)

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

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: subaerial weathering, some redbeds
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Bovidae
Syncerus acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo
Syncerus acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or P. antiquus
Kobus ellipsiprymnus Ogilby 1833 waterbuck
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
"Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest
"Damaliscus niro" = Hippotragus niro Hopwood 1936 antelope
 Carnivora - Felidae
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE occurrence; species: Hominidae
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish