DKI-Level 1 (Pleistocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 1433, Douglas Korongo, Arch loc.22, Geol loc.13, DKI-Level 1,

Where: Tanzania (3.0° S, 35.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 3.6° S, 35.3° E (Wright 2013)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Olduvai Formation, Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: max=1.976+/-0.015(Tuff IA)min=1.859+/-0.007(Tuff IB) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "lg salne,alkaln lk"
• ETE rock type adj: brown, ETE lithology comments: "bentonitic,loclzd lens of fine-grnd wht tuff"

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list: UF: Florida State Museum, U. Florida, Gainesville, 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

PaleoDB collection 22593: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.06.2000, edited by Philip Mannion and Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp.
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish
 Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet.
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840 cichlid
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cichlidae
Amphibia
 Salientia - Pipidae
Pipidae indet., Xenopus sp.
Pipidae indet. Gray 1825 clawed frog
ETE occurrence; species: Pipidae
Xenopus sp. Wagler 1827 clawed frog
 Salientia - Ranidae
Ranidae indet.
Ranidae indet. Rafinesque 1814 frog
ETE occurrence; species: Ranidae
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus anthropophagus2
Crocodylus anthropophagus2 Brochu et al. 2010 crocodile
KNM OLD 62 54 (scapula and humerus)
Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio sp.
Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich
Reptilia
 Squamata - Viperidae
Viperidae indet.
Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811 viper
ETE occurrence; species: Viperidae
 Squamata - Boidae
Boidae indet.
Boidae indet. Gray 1825 boa
ETE occurrence; species: Boidae
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone pardalis1
Geochelone pardalis1 Bell 1828 Leopard tortoise
DK/1 3/8, a distal pleural fragment and a piece of carapace from near the medial area (KNM): DK/1 3/6, partial peripheral (KNM); DK/1 3/7, neural fragment; MW 49/136, (BMNH).
 Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelusios sinuatus1
Pelusios sinuatus1 Smith 1838 Serrated hinged terrapin
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
1Auffenberg 1981; 2Brochu et al. 2010