Also known as ETE Locality 1161, "Sites 62a, b", Geol Loc #89, "Arch # 62, 63", FC II West General,
Where: Tanzania (3.0° S, 35.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.0° S, 35.2° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Olduvai Formation, Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age=1.749+/- .007 (Tuff IF);min age=1.15 (base of Bed II) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 969, 968, 967, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology
Primary reference: P. V. Tobias. 1991. Olduvai Gorge, Parts I-Iv: The Skulls, Endocasts, and Teeth of Homo Habilis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 4 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 22337: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.08.1999, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Volkensinia prostrata, Ormocarpum sp., Papilionoideae indet., Dodnaea sp., Liguliflorae indet., Dichrystachys sp., Vigna sp., Disus quadrangularis, Clerodendron sp., Adenium sp., Boscia sp., Ricinus sp.
Liguliflorae indet. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Liguliflorae originally entered as "Compositae indet."
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Gnathostomata | |
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Mammalia | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
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Equus cf. oldowayensis horse | |
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
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Bovidae indet., Gazella sp., Pelorovis oldowayensis, Reduncini indet., Antilopini indet., Alcelaphini indet., "Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck 1928 antelope
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini
"Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Connochaetes
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Reptilia | |
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Aves | |
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unclassified | |
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Angiospermae | |
Rhus sp. Linnaeus 1753 sumac | |
Grewia sp. Linnaeus 1753 | |
Myrica sp. Linnaeus 1753 bayberry | |
Acacia sp. Miller 1758 wattle
Acacia albida wattle | |
Tribulus sp. Linnaeus 1753 puncture vine | |
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry | |
Trema sp. Loureiro 1790 hemp | |
Prunus africana plum
Hagenia abyssinica rose | |
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Euphorbiaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 spurge ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Euphorbiaceae
Alchornea sp. Swartz 1788 spurge
Euphorbia sp. Linnaeus 1753 spurge
Macaranga sp. Thouars 1806 spurge | |
Hypericum sp. Linnaeus 1753 St John's wort | |
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Solanum sp. Linnaeus 1753 nightshade | |
Flacourtiaceae indet. Richard and Candolle 1824 ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Flacourtiaceae
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Amaranthaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Chenopodiaceae
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"Tubuliflorae indet." = Asteraceae, Artemisia sp.
"Tubuliflorae indet." = Asteraceae Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tubuliflorae originally entered as "Compositae indet."
Artemisia sp. Linnaeus 1753 daisy | |
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Justicia anselliana water-willow
Justicia odora water-willow | |
Typha sp. Linnaeus 1753 bulrush | |
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge | |
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Gramineae
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Commiphora sp. von Jacquin custard apple | |
"Monocotyledones indet." = Monocotyledoneae
"Monocotyledones indet." = Monocotyledoneae ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Monocot originally entered as "Indet. indet."
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Dicotyledoneae | |
Combretaceae indet. Brown 1810 ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Combretaceae originally entered as "Combretaceae-Melastomaceae indet."
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Podocarpus sp. L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp | |
Juniperus sp. Linnaeus 1753 juniper | |
unclassified | |
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Adenota | |
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932 ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Gazella
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