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., Plantae indet., Pteridophyta indet.
Liguliflorae indet. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Liguliflorae originally entered as "Compositae indet."
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Angiospermae | |
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Gramineae
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Typha sp. Linnaeus 1753 bulrush | |
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge | |
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Amaranthaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Chenopodiaceae
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Artemisia sp., "Tubuliflorae indet." = Asteraceae
Artemisia sp. Linnaeus 1753 daisy
"Tubuliflorae indet." = Asteraceae Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tubuliflorae originally entered as "Compositae indet."
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Justicia anselliana water-willow
Justicia odora water-willow | |
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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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Commiphora sp. von Jacquin custard apple | |
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Hagenia abyssinica rose
Prunus africana plum | |
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry | |
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Trema sp. Loureiro 1790 hemp | |
Acacia sp. Miller 1758 wattle
Acacia albida wattle | |
Myrica sp. Linnaeus 1753 bayberry | |
Hypericum sp. Linnaeus 1753 St John's wort | |
Euphorbiaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 spurge ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia sp. Linnaeus 1753 spurge
Alchornea sp. Swartz 1788 spurge
Macaranga sp. Thouars 1806 spurge | |
Tribulus sp. Linnaeus 1753 puncture vine | |
Grewia sp. Linnaeus 1753 | |
Rhus sp. Linnaeus 1753 sumac | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
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Combretaceae indet. Brown 1810 ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Combretaceae originally entered as "Combretaceae-Melastomaceae indet."
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Angiospermae | |
"Monocotyledones indet." = Monocotyledoneae
"Monocotyledones indet." = Monocotyledoneae ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Monocot originally entered as "Indet. indet."
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Juniperus sp. Linnaeus 1753 juniper | |
Podocarpus sp. L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp | |
Gnathostomata | |
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Reptilia | |
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Aves | |
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Mammalia | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
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Bovidae indet., Gazella sp., Alcelaphini indet., "Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli, Antilopini indet., Reduncini indet., Pelorovis oldowayensis
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
"Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Connochaetes
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini
Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck 1928 antelope | |
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Equus cf. oldowayensis horse | |
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Adenota | |
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932 ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Gazella
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