Also known as ETE Locality 712, Lake Eyasi,
Where: Tanzania (3.7° S, 35.0° E: paleocoordinates 3.7° S, 35.0° E)
When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: based on overlying sediments and a calculated average rate of deposition radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: spring; sandstone
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: M. J. Mehlman. 1987. Provenience, Age and Associations of Archaic Homo Sapiens Crania fron Lake Eyasi, Tanzania. Journal of Archaeological Science 14:133-162 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 21893: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1997, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Pedetes surdaster Thomas 1902 East African springhare | |
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine | |
Thryonomys swinderianus Temminck 1827 greater cane rat | |
Cercocebus sp. Geoffroy 1812 monkey | |
Phacochoerus koiropotamus warthog
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pig | |
Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758 giraffe | |
Syncerus caffer, Taurotragus oryx, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Redunca redunca, Kobus kob, Kobus ellipsiprymnus, Cephalophus sp., Connochaetes taurinus, Damaliscus sp., Oryx gazella, Hippotragus equinus, "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, "Gazella granti" = Nanger granti, Aepyceros sp., Aepyceros suara, Aepyceros melampus
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Redunca redunca Hamilton Smith 1827 bohor reedbuck
Kobus kob Erxleben 1777 kob
Kobus ellipsiprymnus Ogilby 1833 waterbuck
Cephalophus sp. Smith 1827 duiker
Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
Oryx gazella Linnaeus 1758 gemsbok
Hippotragus equinus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803 roan antelope
"Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni Gunther 1884 Thomson's gazelle
"Gazella granti" = Nanger granti Brooke 1872 Grant's gazelle
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847 impala
Aepyceros suara impala
Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Equus quagga Boddaert 1785 plains zebra
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
Herpestes sanguineus Rüppell 1835 slender mongoose originally duplicated as "Mungos sangiuneus" and "Herpestes sangiuneus"
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Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant |