Also known as ETE Locality 1293, Site 63b, Geol Loc #89, "Arch # 62, 63", FC General (Bed III/IV),
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 = 1.15 9Base of Bed III). Min age = 0.6 (Top of Bed IV). radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 922, ; 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
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 22469: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 24.08.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Python sp. Daudin 1803 boa | |
Actinopteri | |
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish |