Laetoli - Loc. 10: Piacenzian, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pseudinvoluta sp. n. sp.
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - original species name "sp.nov.-Laetoli"
Euonyma leakeyi
7 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - original species name "sp.nov.-Laetoli", names in use shifted from family / genus
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Sivatherium cf. maurusium (Pomel 1893)
2 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
5 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
8 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium praecox
3 specimens
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967
3 specimens
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947
24 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
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
Gazella janenschi
2 specimens
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini
Cephalophini indet. Blyth 1863
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cephalophini
cf. Pelea sp. Gray 1851
1 specimen
Simatherium kohllarseni
1 specimen
Mammalia - Suidae
Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae informal indet. large
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae-large
Felidae informal indet. medium
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae-medium
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: large
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Nyctereutes barryi Werdelin and Dehghani 2010
Werdelin and Dehghani 2010
cf. Canis brevirostris
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Thallomys laetolilensis
Saccostomus major
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Mammalia - Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Heterocephalus quenstedti
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix cf. makapanensis
Xenohystrix crassidens
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936
9 specimens
cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969
1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941
16 specimens
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
5 specimens
Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791
1 specimen
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Bitis arietans Merrem 1820
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: olduvaiensis
Reptilia - Elapidae
Naja robusta
1 specimen
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Francolinus sp. Stephens 1819
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: large
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Streptopelia sp. Bonaparte 1855
1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone brachygularis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania
Coordinates: 3.3° 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
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = base of upper unit of Laetoli Beds (3.76+-.03ma), Min = Tuff 7 (3.56+-.2ma) radiometric intage_min

upper unit of Laetolil Beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:paleosol/pedogenic not reported
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: aeolian, ETE lithology comments: airfall tuffs, pelletoid-similar to Olduvai
Environment:eolian indet.
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: paleosol ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: 0
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:130 specimens
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
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 628, Laetoli - Loc. 10,
Database number:21810
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer, G. Slater Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth, G. Slater
Modifier:M. Carrano
Created:1995-10-12 00:00:00 Last modified:2019-06-26 15:22:36
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]

Secondary references:

69249 C. Guérin. 1987. Chalicotheriidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) remains from Laetoli. In M. D. Leakey & J. M. Harris (ed.), Laetoli. A Pliocene Site in Northern Tanzania 315-320 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
84697 L. Werdelin and R. Dehghani. 2010. Carnivora. In T. Harrison (ed.), Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context [G. Slater/G. Slater]