Laetoli Locality 12: Zanclean, Tanzania
collected by T. Harrison, Laetoli Project 1998-2005
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Tenebrionidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| EP 1598/04 (Tentyriini species a) (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tanzania |
| Coordinates: | 3.2° South, 35.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.4° South, 35.1° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 3.79 (graphic correlation) to 3.634 ± 0.015 Ma (Ar/Ar) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Upper Laetolil Beds | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: A section of the Upper Laetolil Beds between Tuffs 5 and 8 are exposed, with most of the fossils derived from between Tuffs 5 and 6. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,replaced with calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | T. Harrison, Laetoli Project | Collection dates: | 1998-2005 |
| Collection method comments: Repository: National Museum of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 129962 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | R. Sehtia |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2012-07-03 07:19:58 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-07-03 07:19:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 49479. | F. T. Krell and W. Schawaller. 2011. Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). In T. Harrison (ed.), Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context. Volume 2: Fossil Hominins and the Associated Fauna 535-548 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |