Peninj-Basal Sands w/Clay (Pleistocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 1418, Peninj-Basal Sands w/Clay,

Where: Lake Natron Basin, Tanzania (2.3° S, 36.0° E: paleocoordinates 2.4° S, 35.9° E)

When: Basal Sands w/Clay Member (Humbu Formation), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "

•Was originally under Hubu Formation. Base of formation is about ~1.75Ma, the Main Tuff is ~1.19+/-0.03Ma. The top of the Peninj Group is about 1.01+/-0.03Ma, therefore, the upper dsands are ~1.2-1.1Ma (Deino et al. 2006)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: claystone & tuff, ETE lithology comments: "Tuff snds,quartzite&lava pebbls"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: G. Isaac. 1965. The stratigraphy of the Peninj beds and the provenance of the Natron australopithecine mandible. Quaternaria 7:101-130 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22578: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.06.2000, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas cf. recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas cf. recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus cf. gorgops
Hippopotamus cf. gorgops Dietrich 1928 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella sp., Taurotragus sp., Tragelaphus cf. strepsiceros, Kobus sp., Aepyceros melampus, Alcelaphini indet., Connochaetes taurinus
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Taurotragus sp. Wagner 1855 eland
Tragelaphus cf. strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
ETE occurrence; species: grandis; originally entered as "Tragelaphus cf. strepciceros"
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini
Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest
ETE occurrence; species: prognu
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera pardus
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta cf. crocuta
Crocuta cf. crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
ETE occurrence; species: cf. ultra
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp.
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Adenota
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"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932