PBDB Collection

Olduvai - HEBW (Pleistocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 885, Heberers gullies, Geologic locality #44, Olduvai - HEBW,

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: "conglomerate, some grayish-red sand in one level"

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 483, 482, 481, 478, 477, ; 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 22064: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 29.01.1999, edited by John Damuth

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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
Amphibia
-	Amphibia indet. Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod ETE occurrence; species: Amphibia
Mammalia
Carnivora - Mustelidae	"Aonyx sp." = Lutra "Aonyx sp." = Lutra Brisson 1762 clawless otter
Carnivora - Viverridae	Viverridae indet. Viverridae indet. Gray 1821 civet ETE occurrence; species: Viverridae
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Kolpochoerus limnetes, Metridiochoerus modestus, Metridiochoerus compactus Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig Metridiochoerus modestus van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffa jumae Giraffa jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Antidorcas sp., Alcelaphini indet., Alcelaphini "indet. large", Tragelaphini indet., Tragelaphus sp., Tragelaphus cf. arkelli, Bovini indet. Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini Alcelaphini "indet. large" Brookes 1876 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-lg Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tragelaphini Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope Tragelaphus cf. arkelli Leakey 1965 antelope Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovini
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	Hippopotamus gorgops Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928 hippo
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Diceros bicornis, Ceratotherium simum Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus oldowayensis, Hipparion cf. ethiopicum Equus oldowayensis horse Hipparion cf. ethiopicum hipparionine horse
Tribosphenida - Sivatheridae	"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium "Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
Rodentia - Muridae	"Mastomys sp." = Epimys (Mastomys), "Aethomys cf. lavocati" = Epimys (Aethomys), Saccostomus sp., Arvicanthus niloticus, Zelotomys leakeyi, Tatera sp., Dasymys incomtus, Steatomys sp., Thallomys sp., Otomys sp. "Mastomys sp." = Epimys (Mastomys) Thomas 1915 rat "Aethomys cf. lavocati" = Epimys (Aethomys) rock rat Saccostomus sp. Peters 1846 pouched mouse Arvicanthus niloticus grass rat Zelotomys leakeyi mouse Tatera sp. Lataste 1882 large naked-soled gerbil Dasymys incomtus mouse originally entered as "Dasymys incomptus" Steatomys sp. Peters 1846 fat mouse Thallomys sp. Thomas 1920 mouse Otomys sp. Cuvier 1824 mouse
Rodentia - Bathyergidae	Heterocephalus sp. Heterocephalus sp. Rüppell 1842 naked mole-rat
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Cercopithecoides kimeui Cercopithecoides kimeui Leakey 1982 monkey originally entered as "Cercopithecoidea kimeui"
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
Reptilia
-	Reptilia indet. Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile ETE occurrence; species: Chelonia
Crocodylia - Crocodylidae	Crocodylus sp. Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Aves
-	Aves indet. Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird ETE occurrence; species: Aves
Struthioniformes - Struthionidae	Struthio sp. Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich
Actinopteri
Siluriformes - Clariidae	Clarias sp. Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish