Also known as ETE Locality 1460, "Sites 68a,b,c,69", Sam Howard Korongo, Arch#68, Geol loc.92, SHKII general,
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=1.7(base of Bed II)min=1.15(base of Bed III) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: "channel"; argillaceous tuff and conglomeratic claystone
•JA: originally uploaded without an environment value
•JA: originally uploaded without a lithology value
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 478, ; 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: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22620: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.06.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Kolpochoerus olduvaiensis Leakey 1942 pig ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Kolpochoerus
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig originally entered as "Metridochoerus compactus"
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Hipparion cf. ethiopicum hipparionine horse | |
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"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant | |
Aves | |
Phalacrocorax owrei cormorant | |
Actinopteri | |
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Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish |