List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unio indet.
Philipsson 1788
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| ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Achatinidae
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cf. Limicolaria indet.
Schumacher 1817
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Clariidae
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Clarias sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Saccostomus sp.
Peters 1846
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Mastomys natalensis
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Dipodidae
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Jaculus sp.
Erxleben 1777
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion cf. ethiopicum
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Equus oldowayensis
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus gorgops
Dietrich 1928
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Phacochoerus antiquus
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Metridiochoerus compactus
Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| ETE occurrence; species: Neotragini | ||||||||||
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| ETE occurrence; species: Gazellini?Antilopini | ||||||||||
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini sp3-Old | ||||||||||
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Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini | ||||||||||
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Reduncini indet.
Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini | ||||||||||
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Antilopini indet.
Gray 1821
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopini | ||||||||||
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Cephalophini indet.
Blyth 1863
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| ETE occurrence; species: Cephalophini | ||||||||||
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Tragelaphus strepsiceros
(Pallas 1766)
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| ETE occurrence; species: grandis | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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| ETE occurrence; species: Chelonia | ||||||||||
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Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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= Crocodylus anthropophagus
Brochu et al. 2010
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Brochu et al. 2010 | |||||||||
| KNM FLKNI (cranial, mandibular, and postcranial material from at least two [and probably more] individuals; the braincase is from a substantially smaller animal than most other cranial fragments) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| ETE occurrence; species: Aves | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Tanzania |
| Coordinates: | 3.0° South, 35.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.1° South, 35.1° East |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Gelasian - Calabrian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Quaternary - Quaternary | *Epoch: | Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene - Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene |
| Key time interval: | Gelasian - Calabrian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.774 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Vogel River Series (?) | Formation: | Olduvai | ||
| Local section: | Masek | Local bed: | Masek | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Masek Beds radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination gravel | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: Brown earthy deposit with coarse rubble at base, some calcrete and silty clay, ferrigenous quartz. | |||
| Environment: | fluvial indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: ., ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Alluvial plain. | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 28 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 491, 478, 477, 456, 454, 121, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 794, Olduvai - FLK Masek Beds, Geologic Locality # 15, Frida Leakey Korongo, | ||
| Database number: | 21974 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, P. Mannion | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-13 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-02-08 08:38:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-13 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4945. | ETE 657 | A. W. Gentry and A. Gentry. 1978. Fossil Bovidae (Mammalia) of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History 29:289-446 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer] |
Secondary references:
| 46618 | C. A. Brochu, J. Njau, R. J. Blumenschine and L. D. Densmore. 2010. A New Horned Crocodile from the Plio-Pleistocene Hominid Sites at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. PLoS One 5(2):e9333 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |