Laetoli - Loc. 15 (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 610, Laetoli - Loc. 15,

Where: Tanzania (3.3° 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 upper unit of Laetoli Beds, Min = Tuff 8 radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: paleosol ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: aeolian, ETE lithology comments: 8875% aeolian, 20% airfall, 5% water-worked, LS, xenoliths, pelletoid - similar to Olduvai

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 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 21792: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 10.10.1995

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta exoptata
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa stillei
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Xenohystrix crassidens