PBDB Collection

Laetoli - Loc. 10 (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 628, Laetoli - Loc. 10,

Where: Tanzania (3.3° S, 35.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.4° S, 34.9° E)

When: Vogel River Series Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = base of upper unit of Laetoli Beds (3.76+-.03ma), Min = Tuff 7 (3.56+-.2ma) radiometric intage_min

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•upper unit of Laetolil Beds

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: eolian; paleosol/pedogenic lithology not reported

• ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: paleosol ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: 0

• ETE rock type adj: aeolian, ETE lithology comments: airfall tuffs, pelletoid-similar to Olduvai

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 21810: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.10.1995, edited by John Damuth and Graham Slater

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Pseudinvoluta sp. n. sp., Euonyma leakeyi Pseudinvoluta sp. n. sp. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - original species name "sp.nov.-Laetoli" Euonyma leakeyi ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - original species name "sp.nov.-Laetoli", names in use shifted from family / genus
Mammalia
Carnivora - Canidae	cf. Canis brevirostris, Nyctereutes barryi cf. Canis brevirostris canine Nyctereutes barryi Werdelin and Dehghani 2010 raccoon dog
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Hyaenidae indet. Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
Carnivora - Felidae	Felidae "indet. large", Felidae "indet. medium", Homotherium sp., Felis sp. Felidae "indet. large" Gray 1821 cat ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae-large Felidae "indet. medium" Gray 1821 cat ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae-medium Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat ETE occurrence; species: large
Tribosphenida - Sivatheridae	"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium "Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hipparion sp. Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Rhinocerotidae indet., Ceratotherium praecox, Ceratotherium simum Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae Ceratotherium praecox white rhino Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
Artiodactyla - Suidae	"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffa stillei, Giraffa cf. jumae Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Simatherium kohllarseni, Alcelaphini indet., Parmularius pandatus, cf. Pelea sp., Gazella janenschi, Cephalophini indet., Hippotragini indet. Simatherium kohllarseni antelope Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini Parmularius pandatus Gentry 1987 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli cf. Pelea sp. Gray 1851 antelope Gazella janenschi gazelle Cephalophini indet. Blyth 1863 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cephalophini Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini
Rodentia - Bathyergidae	Heterocephalus quenstedti Heterocephalus quenstedti naked mole-rat
Rodentia - Hystricidae	Xenohystrix crassidens, Hystrix cf. makapanensis Xenohystrix crassidens porcupine Hystrix cf. makapanensis porcupine
Rodentia - Muridae	Thallomys laetolilensis, Saccostomus major Thallomys laetolilensis mouse Saccostomus major pouched mouse ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Primates - Cercopithecidae	cf. Paracolobus sp., Parapapio ado cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969 monkey Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936 monkey
Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae	Deinotherium bozasi Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Loxodonta exoptata Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant
Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae	Orycteropus sp. Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark
Aves
Columbiformes - Columbidae	Streptopelia sp. Streptopelia sp. Bonaparte 1855 dove
Reptilia
Galliformes - Phasianidae	Francolinus sp. Francolinus sp. Stephens 1819 francolin ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: large
Squamata - Crotalidae	Bitis arietans Bitis arietans Merrem 1820 puff adder ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: olduvaiensis
Squamata - Elapidae	Naja robusta Naja robusta cobra
Testudines - Testudinidae	"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis "Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle