Laetoli - Loc. 2 Ngaloba: Pleistocene, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: archaic | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tanzania |
| Coordinates: | 3.2° South, 35.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.5° South, 35.2° East (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Quaternary - Quaternary | *Epoch: | Pleistocene - Pleistocene |
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.0117 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Vogel River Series | Local bed: | Ngaloba | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: based on stratigraphical position, 120,000 +- 30,000 yrs |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: and sandstone | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: flood, ETE env comment: floodplain | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 1 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list: KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 637, Laetoli - Loc. 2 Ngaloba, | ||
| Database number: | 21819 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1995-10-13 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-10-13 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4451. | ETE 85 | M. 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] |