Olduvai - FLK Masek Beds (Pleistocene to of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 794, Olduvai - FLK Masek Beds, Geologic Locality # 15, Frida Leakey Korongo,

Where: Tanzania (3.0° S, 35.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.1° S, 35.1° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Olduvai Formation (Vogel River Series (?) Group), Gelasian to Gelasian (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Masek Beds radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial; gravel

• ETE sed env 1: ., ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Alluvial plain.
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: Brown earthy deposit with coarse rubble at base, some calcrete and silty clay, ferrigenous quartz.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 491, 478, 477, 456, 454, 121, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology

Primary reference: A. W. Gentry and A. Gentry. 1978. Fossil Bovidae (Mammalia) of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History 29:289-446 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/P. Muhl]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21974: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.08.1999, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unio indet.
Unio indet. Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gastropoda
 Stylommatophora - Achatinidae
cf. Limicolaria indet.
cf. Limicolaria indet. Schumacher 1817 slug
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp.
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
 Rodentia - Muridae
Saccostomus sp., "Mastomys natalensis" = Epimys (Mastomys)
Saccostomus sp. Peters 1846 pouched mouse
"Mastomys natalensis" = Epimys (Mastomys) rat
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
Jaculus sp.
Jaculus sp. Erxleben 1777 jerboa
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum, Equus oldowayensis
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus gorgops
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Phacochoerus antiquus, Metridiochoerus compactus
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Alcelaphini indet., Reduncini indet., Antilopini indet., Cephalophini indet., Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Neotragini
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Gazellini?Antilopini
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini sp3-Old
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini
Antilopini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopini
Cephalophini indet. Blyth 1863 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Cephalophini
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
ETE occurrence; species: grandis
Reptilia
  -
Reptilia indet.
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE occurrence; species: Chelonia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus anthropophagus
Crocodylus anthropophagus Brochu et al. 2010 crocodile
Aves
  -
Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
ETE occurrence; species: Aves