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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Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp.
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas cf. recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas cf. recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
 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
 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
Taurotragus sp., Tragelaphus cf. strepsiceros, Gazella sp., Aepyceros melampus, Alcelaphini indet., Connochaetes taurinus, Kobus sp.
Taurotragus sp. Wagner 1855 eland
Tragelaphus cf. strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
ETE occurrence; species: grandis; originally entered as "Tragelaphus cf. strepciceros"
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini
Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest
ETE occurrence; species: prognu
Kobus sp. Smith 1840 antelope
Adenota
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"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932