Laetoli - Loc. 10E: Piacenzian, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
zanzibarica zanzibarica
1 specimen
nilotica nilotica
1 specimen
cf. Rhamphiophis sp.
1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
5 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
6 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium praecox
7 specimens
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947
15 specimens
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967
7 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella janenschi
5 specimens
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816
1 specimen
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini
Praedamalis deturi Dietrich 1950
1 specimen
Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827
3 specimens
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
Parmularius pandatus Gentry 1987
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Leo cf. gombaszoegensis Kretzoi 1938
recombined as Panthera gombaszoegensis
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: large
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: medium
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936
1 specimen
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Bitis arietans
1 specimen
original and current combination Clotho (Bitis)
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: olduvaiensis
Reptilia - Numididae
Numida sp. Linnaeus 1766
1 specimen
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Francolinus sp. Stephens 1819
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: large
Francolinus sp. Stephens 1819
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: small
see common names

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:3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Vogel River Series Local bed:upper unit - Laetolil Beds
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = base of upper unit of Laetolil Beds (3.76+-.03ma), Min = Tuff 8 (3.46+-.12ma) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: aeolian, ETE lithology comments: 10275% aeolian, 20% airfall, 5% water-worked, pelletoid - similar to Olduvai, xenoliths, caliche paleosol
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: paleosol ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: 0
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:80 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 441, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 624, Laetoli - Loc. 10E,
Database number:21806
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth
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]