Serengeti National Park: Holocene, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta africana
(Blumenbach 1797)
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Procaviidae
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Procavia habessinica
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present category | ||||||
Heterohyrax brucei
(Gray 1868)
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present category | ||||||
Mammalia
- Tubulidentata
- Orycteropodidae
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Orycteropus afer
(Pallas 1766)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Diceros bicornis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus burchelli
Gray 1824
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recombined as Equus quagga burchelli | |||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa camelopardalis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Taurotragus oryx
(Pallas 1766)
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Tragelaphus scriptus
(Pallas 1766)
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Syncerus caffer
(Sparman 1779)
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original and current combination Bos caffer | |||||||
Gazella granti
Brooke 1872
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recombined as Nanger granti | |||||||
Sylvicapra grimmia
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Ourebia ourebi
(Zimmerman 1783)
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original and current combination Antilope ourebi | |||||||
Raphicerus campestris
(Thunberg 1811)
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original and current combination Antilope campestris | |||||||
Oreotragus oreotragus
(Zimmermann 1783)
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Madoqua kirki
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Aepyceros melampus
(Lichtenstein 1812)
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Kobus defassa
(Rüppell 1835)
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Redunca fulvorufula
(Afzelius 1815)
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Redunca redunca
Hamilton Smith 1827
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Connochaetes taurinus
(Burchell 1823)
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Damaliscus korrigum
(Ogilby 1837)
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Alcelaphus buselaphus
Pallas 1766
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Hippotragus equinus
(Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803)
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original and current combination Antilope equina | |||||||
Oryx gazella
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gazella thompsonii
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Phacochoerus aethiopicus
(Pallas 1766)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis libyca
Forster 1780
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Panthera pardus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Panthera leo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Felis serval
Schreber 1776
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recombined as Caracal serval | |||||||
Felis caracal
Schreber 1776
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recombined as Caracal caracal | |||||||
Acinonyx jubatus
(Schreber 1775)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Crocuta crocuta
(Erxleben 1777)
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Hyaena hyaena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Genetta genetta
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Genetta tigrina
(Schreber 1776)
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Viverra civetta
Schreber 1776
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recombined as Civettictis civetta | |||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Herpestidae
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Mungos mungo
(Gmelin 1788)
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present category | ||||||
Ichneumia albicauda
(Cuvier 1829)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Otocyon megalotis
(Desmarest 1822)
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Canis aureus
Linnaeus 1758
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present category | ||||||
Lycaon pictus
(Temminck 1820)
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Canis mesomelas
Schreber 1775
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recombined as Lupulella mesomelas | |||||||
Canis adustus
Sundevall 1847
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present category | ||||||
recombined as Schaeffia adusta | |||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mellivora capensis
(Schreber 1776)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Cercopithecus aethiops
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Chlorocebus aethiops | |||||||
Papio anubis
(Cuvier 1824)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Tanzania |
Coordinates: | 2.4° South, 35.0° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 2.4° South, 35.0° East |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | *Epoch: | holocene |
*International age/stage: | Modern (minimum) | ||
Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 0 radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: minor granitic shield with some volcanics | |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: ., ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: soils are highly saline and alkaline, sandy |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection size: | 0 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 432, ; ETE museum list: |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 508, Serengeti National Park, | ||
Database number: | 21690 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth, R. Potts |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | ||
Created: | 1995-10-11 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-10-11 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
4792. | ETE 501 | A. R. E. Sinclair and M. Norton-Griffiths. 1979. Serengeti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem. University of Chicago Press, Chicago [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |