SHKII-Mddle BdII (Pleistocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 1467, "Sites 68a,b,c,69", Sam Howard Korongo, Arch#68, Geol loc.92, SHKII-Mddle BdII,

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=1.7(base of Bed II)min=1.15(base of Bed III) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: eastrn fluv-lac
• ETE rock type adj: clay, ETE lithology comments: "tuffs&clyey tuffs,conglm,brwn cly"

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology

Primary reference: A. W. Gentry. 1978. Bovidae. In V. J. Maglio and H. B. S. Cooke (eds.), Evolution of African Mammals. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 540-572 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22627: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.06.2000, edited by John Damuth

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Corbicula africana clam
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Mammalia
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Theropithecus cf. oswaldi Andrews 1916 gelada
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig
originally entered as "Metridochoerus compactus"
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Antilopini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopini
"Damaliscus niro" = Hippotragus niro Hopwood 1936 antelope
Hippotragus gigas Leakey 1965 antelope
Alcelaphini "indet. lg" Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-lg
Alcelaphini "indet. sm" Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-sm
Alcelaphini "indet. sp3-Old" Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini sp3-Old
Parmularius cf. rugosus Leakey 1965 antelope
Connochaetes cf. taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest
"Megalotragus kattwinkeli" = Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932 hartebeest
Kobus kob Erxleben 1777 kob
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: grandis
Tragelaphus cf. scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
Syncerus acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo
Pelorovis oldowayensis Reck 1928 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
 Carnivora - Felidae
Machairodontinae indet. Gill 1872 cat
ETE occurrence; species: Machairodontirae
"Felis cf. serval" = Caracal serval Schreber 1776 serval
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821 civet
ETE occurrence; species: Viverridae
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
ETE occurrence; species: evolved
Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish
Adenota
  -
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932