Also known as ETE Locality 636, Laetoli - Laetolil General,
Where: Tanzania (3.2° 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 Laetolil Beds, Min = Tuff 8 (3.46+-.12ma) radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology:
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 121, 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
PaleoDB collection 21818: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.10.1995, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Mammalia | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium praecox white rhino | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Simatherium kohllarseni antelope
Praedamalis deturi Dietrich 1950 antelope | |
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog | |
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Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924 cat | |
Viverra leakeyi Petter 1963 civet | |
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Canidae
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox
cf. Otocyon sp. Müller 1835 bat-eared fox | |
Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger | |
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Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936 monkey
cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969 monkey | |
Madoqua avifluminis | |
"Madoqua avifluminis" = Praemadoqua avifluminis
"Madoqua avifluminis" = Praemadoqua avifluminis Dietrich 1950 |