FC General - Middle Bed II (Pleistocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 1289, Geol Loc #89, "Arch # 62, 63", FC General - Middle Bed II,

Where: Tanzania (3.0° S, 35.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.0° S, 35.2° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 1.749 +/- .007 (Tuff IF). Min age 1.15 (base of Bed II). radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: shrinking lake
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: tuffs/sand/clay

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 933, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology

Primary reference: A. W. Gentry. 1978. Fossil Bovidae of the Baringo Area,Kenya. In:Geol.background to fossil man;recent res.in Gregory rift valley 293-308 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22465: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 24.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Pelorovis oldowayensis
Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck 1928 antelope