SHKII general (Pleistocene of Tanzania)

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

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: eastrn fluv-lac

•JA: originally uploaded without an environment value

• ETE rock type adj: clay, ETE lithology comments: "tuffs&clyey tuffs,conglm,brwn cly"

•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

Actinopteri
 Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840 cichlid
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cichlidae
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish
Aves
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: leakeyi
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Kolpochoerus olduvaiensis pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Kolpochoerus
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig
originally entered as "Metridochoerus compactus"
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum hipparionine horse