Peninj-Upper Sands w/Clay: Calabrian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Saccotomus sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Graphiurinae sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.indet. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas cf. recki
Dietrich 1915
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recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
ETE occurrence; species: cf. recki | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Arvicanthis primaevus
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26 specimens | |||||||||
Mus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Thallomys quadrilobatus
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37 specimens | |||||||||
Aethomys cf. lavocati
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Nesomyidae
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Dendromus sp.
Smith 1829
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4 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. indet. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. indet. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Galagidae
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Galago sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1796
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp. indet. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus cf. gorgops
Dietrich 1928
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Aepyceros melampus
(Lichtenstein 1812)
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Megalotragus kattwinkeli
(Scwarz 1932)
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original and current combination Alcelaphus kattwinkeli | ||||||||||
Connochaetes cf. taurinus
(Burchell 1823)
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ETE occurrence; species: prognu | ||||||||||
Damaliscus cf. niro
(Hopwood 1936)
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original and current combination Hippotragus niro | ||||||||||
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
(Pallas 1766)
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ETE occurrence; species: grandis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell 1821)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Hipparion cf. cornelianum
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Tanzania | State/province: | Lake Natron Basin | County: | Kipalagu area |
Coordinates: | 2.3° South, 36.0° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 2.4° South, 35.9° East |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
Stage: | Calabrian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
*International age/stage: | Gelasian - Calabrian | ||
Key time interval: | Calabrian | ||
Age range of interval: | 1.80000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Peninj | Formation: | Humbu | Member: | Upper Sands |
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "Correl age of Olduvai Bed III,Wa-Mbugu olivine basalt smpls" radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Was originally under Hubu Formation. Base of formation is about ~1.75Ma, the Main Tuff is ~1.19+/-0.03Ma. The top of the Peninj Group is about 1.01+/-0.03Ma, therefore, the upper dsands are ~1.2-1.1Ma (Deino et al. 2006) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: w/ clay, ETE lithology comments: basalt tuff | |
Environment: | fluvial-deltaic indet. |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_deltaic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0 |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk |
Collection size: | 226 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list: |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 1423, Kipalagu, Peninj-Upper Sands w/Clay, | ||
Database number: | 22583 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2000-06-28 01:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-03-29 04:32:41 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-06-28 01:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
5635. | ETE 1386 | D. Geraads. 1987. La faune des depots pleistocenes de Ouest du lac Natron (Tanzanie) interpretation biostratigraphique. Sci.Geol.Bulletin 40(1-2):167-184 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |