PBDB Collection

MNKII MainSt-Mddle BdII (Pleistocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 1466, Mary Nicol Korongo, Geol loc.88, MNKII MainSt-Mddle BdII,

Where: Tanzania (3.0° S, 35.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.0° S, 35.2° E)

When: Olduvai Formation, Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: max=1.749+/-0.007(Tuff IF)min=1.15(base of Bed III) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

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

• ETE rock type adj: reworked, ETE lithology comments: massive rwrkd tuff

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: R. L. Hay. 1990. Olduvai Gorge; a case study in the interpretation of hominid paleoenvironments in East Africa. Geological Society of America Special Publication 242:23-37 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22626: 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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unclassified
-	Tilapia sp., Heterocephalis sp. Tilapia sp. Heterocephalis sp.
Actinopteri
Siluriformes - Clariidae	Clarias sp. Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish
Reptilia
Crocodylia - Crocodylidae	Crocodylus sp., Crocodylus niloticus Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant ETE occurrence; species: evolved
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffidae indet., Giraffa sp. Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovidae indet., Alcelaphini indet., Alcelaphini indet., "Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli, Connochaetes cf. taurinus, Antilopini indet., Kobus kob, Hippotragus gigas, Bovini indet., Pelorovis oldowayensis, Syncerus acoelotus, Tragelaphus strepsiceros Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopini sp.1-Olduvai Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-lg Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-sm "Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest Connochaetes cf. taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest Antilopini indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopini Kobus kob Erxleben 1777 kob Hippotragus gigas Leakey 1965 antelope Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovini Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck 1928 antelope Syncerus acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: grandis
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	Hippopotamus gorgops Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928 hippo
Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae	"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium "Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus cf. oldowayensis Equus cf. oldowayensis horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Ceratotherium simum Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros