Also known as Laetolil, Garusi, Southern Serengeti, Vogel River Series
Where: Eastern Drift Valley, Tanzania (3.1° S, 35.1° E: paleocoordinates 3.3° S, 34.7° E)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Laetoli Beds (upper) Member (Vogel River Series Formation), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Max age on base of upper unit of Laetolil Bed (3.76+/-0.03), min age on tuff 8 (3.46+/-0.12)
Environment/lithology: eolian; lithified, tuffaceous, gray, calcareous sandstone
•Datum Plane: top of lower unit of Laetolil beds
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace, replaced with calcite
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), sieve,
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 32050: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 03.06.2003, edited by Mike Sommers
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Aves | |
"Torgos sp." = Aegypius
"Torgos sp." = Aegypius Savigny 1809 Old World vulture | |
Bubo sp. Dumeril 1806 eagle-owl | |
Struthionidae indet. Vigors 1825 ostrich | |
Numida sp. Linnaeus 1766 helmeted guineafowl | |
Francolinus "sp. large" Stephens 1819 francolin
Francolinus "sp. small" Stephens 1819 francolin | |
Reptilia | |
Python boidae boa
Python sebae Gmelin 1789 rock python | |
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Naja robusta cobra | |
Geochelone laetoliensis, "Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis
Geochelone laetoliensis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle
"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant | |
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Rhynchocyon pliocaenicus elephant shrew | |
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark | |
Ceratotherium praecox white rhino
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros | |
Ancylotherium hennigi chalicothere | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe | |
Tragelaphus sp., Simatherium kohllarseni, ? Raphicerus sp., aff. Pelea sp., Parmularius pandatus, Praedamalis deturi, Brabovus nanincisus, Gazella janenschi
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
Simatherium kohllarseni antelope
? Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope
Parmularius pandatus Gentry 1987 antelope
Praedamalis deturi Dietrich 1950 antelope
Gazella janenschi gazelle | |
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus, Potamochoerus porcus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog | |
Camelus sp. Linnaeus 1758 camel | |
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental | |
Megantereon sp., Homotherium sp., Felis "sp. small", Felis "sp. medium", Felis "sp. large", Panthera cf. pardus, Panthera aff. gombaszoegensis
Megantereon sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
Felis "sp. small" Linnaeus 1758 cat
Felis "sp. medium" Linnaeus 1758 cat
Felis "sp. large" Linnaeus 1758 cat
Panthera cf. pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
Viverra leakeyi Petter 1963 civet | |
Mungos dietrichi mongoose
Herpestes palaeoserengetensis mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus 1758 Egyptian mongoose
Helogale palaeogracilis dwarf mongoose | |
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox
aff. Canis brevirostris canine | |
Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger | |
Heterocephalus quenstedti naked mole-rat | |
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse | |
Dendromus sp. Smith 1829 African climbing mice | |
Saccostomus major pouched mouse
Thallomys laetolilensis mouse
Mastomys cinereus mouse
Steatomys sp. Peters 1846 fat mouse
Tatera cf. inclusa large naked-soled gerbil | |
Pedetes laetoliensis springhaas | |
Paraxerus sp. Forsyth Major 1893 African Bush Squirrel
Xerus cf. janenschi African ground squirrel
Xerus sp. Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833 African ground squirrel | |
Serengetilagus praecapensis rabbit | |
Galago sadimanensis Walker 1987 galago | |
Australopithecus afarensis Johanson et al. 1978 australopithecine | |
cf. Papio sp. Erxleben 1777 baboon
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936 monkey
cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969 monkey | |
Gastropoda | |
Insecta | |
Termitidae indet. Latreille 1802 termite | |
Madoqua avifluminis | |
"Madoqua avifluminis" = Praemadoqua avifluminis
"Madoqua avifluminis" = Praemadoqua avifluminis Dietrich 1950 |