Laetoli - Loc. 20: Piacenzian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix leakeyi
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| ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Saccostomus major
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| ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa stillei
Arambourg 1947
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Giraffa cf. jumae
Leakey 1967
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Hippotragini indet.
Sundevall 1845
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini-sp.nov. | ||||||||||
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Gazella janenschi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Notochoerus euilus
(Hopwood 1926)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae | ||||||||||
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Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell 1821)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaenidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta exoptata
Dietrich 1941
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Tanzania |
| Coordinates: | 3.2° South, 35.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.4° South, 34.9° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| *International age/stage: | Piacenzian (minimum) | ||
| Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.6 - 2.58 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Vogel River Series | Local bed: | Upper unit-Laetoli | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = base of upper unit of Laetoli, Min = Tuff 8 radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: aeolian, ETE lithology comments: 8775% aeolian, 20% airfall, 5% water-worked, LS, xenoliths, pelletoid, similar to Olduvai | |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: alluvial plain, paleosol and airfall |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 20 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 414, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 605, Laetoli - Loc. 20, | ||
| Database number: | 21787 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| 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:
| 4451. | ETE 85 | M. D. Leakey and J. M. Harris. 1987. Laetoli: a Pliocene Site in Northern Tanzania. Clarendon Press, Oxford, Great Britain [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |