Laetoli - Loc. 9S: Piacenzian, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - original species name "sp.nov.-Laetoli", names in use shifted from family / genus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936
1 specimen
1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777
ETE occurrence; species: new species-Laetoli
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae-medium
ETE occurrence; species: large
ETE occurrence; species: medium
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
3 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
1 specimen
Mammalia - Suidae
Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
1 specimen
1 specimen
Mammalia - Bovidae
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini
4 specimens
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947
Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791
1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941
9 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania
Coordinates: 3.2° South, 35.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.1° South, 35.1° East (Wright 2013)
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 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: few beds of brown claystone, 1.2m thinly bedded to laminated ponded water deposits
Environment:lacustrine - small
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: ponded water deposits
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:50 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 441, 409, 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 625, Laetoli - Loc. 9S,
Database number:21807
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1995-10-12 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1995-10-12 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
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]