Laetoli - Loc. 18 Ndol.: Gelasian, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Parestigorgon gadjingeri
2 specimens
Urocyclinae indet.
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name "Urocyclinae spE-Laet" split into genus and species names
Mammalia - Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867
1 specimen
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Xerus janenschi
3 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Saccostomus sp. Peters 1846
1 specimen
Tatera sp. Lataste 1882
Mammalia - Soricidae
cf. Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832
1 specimen
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella janenschi
1 specimen
Antilopini informal sp1-Laet.
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopini sp1-Laet.
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847
10 specimens
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845
6 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini
Alcelaphini informal indet. med. Brookes 1876
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: alcelaphine-med.
Alcelaphini informal indet. sm. Brookes 1876
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: alcelaphine-sm.
cf. Pelea sp. Gray 1851
1 specimen
cf. Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
1 specimen
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816
2 specimens
Bovini indet. Gray 1821
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovini
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947
23 specimens
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967
5 specimens
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Sivatherium cf. maurusium (Pomel 1893)
1 specimen
original and current combination Libytherium maurusium
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941
9 specimens
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Bitis arietans
1 specimen
original and current combination Clotho (Bitis)
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: olduvaiensis
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Francolinus sp. Stephens 1819
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: small
unclassified
Madoqua cf. avifluminis (Dietrich 1950)
original and current combination Praemadoqua avifluminis
originally entered as "Madoqua cf. aviflumis"
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania
Coordinates: 3.2° South, 35.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.3° South, 35.0° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Gelasian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene
*International age/stage:Gelasian (minimum)
Key time interval:Gelasian
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 1.80600 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Vogel River Series Local bed:upper unit - Ndolanya Beds
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff 8 (3.46+-.12ma), Min = Ogal Lavas (2.41+-.12ma), these bracket upper Ndolanya Beds radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: aeolian, ETE lithology comments: calcretes, 90-95% aeolian, some airfall tuffs, limestone and crystal-rich water worked tuff
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: paleosol ETE event: ., ETE env comment: minerals-change in soil environment from Laet.Beds
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:90 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 623, Laetoli - Loc. 18 Ndol.,
Database number:21805
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1995-10-12 00:00:00 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:1995-10-12 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4451.ETE 85M. 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]