Olduvai - HEBE (Pleistocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 862, Heberers gullies, Geologic locality #44, Olduvai - HEBE,

Where: Tanzania (3.0° S, 34.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.0° S, 34.2° E)

When: Olduvai Formation, Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Lower Bed IV radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: small shallow channel
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "pebble conglomerate, some greenish-red sand in one level"

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 520, ; ETE museum list: KNM, BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology

Primary reference: A. W. Gentry. 1978. Bovidae. In V. J. Maglio and H. B. S. Cooke (eds.), Evolution of African Mammals. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 540-572 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22041: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 09.12.1998, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
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Amphibia indet.
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod
ETE occurrence; species: Amphibia
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE occurrence; species: Chelonia
Aves
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Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
ETE occurrence; species: Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio sp.
Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp.
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecoides kimeui
Cercopithecoides kimeui Leakey 1982 monkey
originally entered as "Cercopithecoidea kimeui"
 Rodentia - Muridae
Dasymys incomtus, Saccostomus sp., Thallomys sp., Otomys sp., Steatomys sp., Arvicanthus niloticus, Tatera sp., "Aethomys cf. lavocati" = Epimys (Aethomys), Zelotomys leakeyi
Dasymys incomtus mouse
originally entered as "Dasymys incomptus"
Saccostomus sp. Peters 1846 pouched mouse
Thallomys sp. Thomas 1920 mouse
Otomys sp. Cuvier 1824 mouse
Steatomys sp. Peters 1846 fat mouse
Tatera sp. Lataste 1882 large naked-soled gerbil
"Aethomys cf. lavocati" = Epimys (Aethomys) rock rat
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Heterocephalus sp.
Heterocephalus sp. Rüppell 1842 naked mole-rat
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverridae indet.
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821 civet
ETE occurrence; species: Viverridae
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Aonyx sp." = Lutra
"Aonyx sp." = Lutra Brisson 1762 clawless otter
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum, Diceros bicornis
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum, Equus oldowayensis
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum hipparionine horse
 Tribosphenida - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes, Metridiochoerus compactus, Metridiochoerus modestus
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig
Metridiochoerus modestus van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa jumae
Giraffa jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Antidorcas sp., Tragelaphus sp., Tragelaphus cf. arkelli
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
Tragelaphus cf. arkelli Leakey 1965 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus gorgops
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928 hippo
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp.
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unio indet.
Unio indet. Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Adenota
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"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932
ETE occurrence; species: or marsupialis