FC General (Bed III/IV) (Pleistocene of Tanzania)

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

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: some fluv_lacustr
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: detritus of volc/metam rks

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

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Reptilia
 Squamata - Boidae
Python sp.
Python sp. Daudin 1803 boa
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp.
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish