Laetoli - Loc. 12 (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 614, Laetoli - Loc. 12,

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 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: 11575% aeolian, 20% airfall, 5% water worked, limestone, xenoliths, pelletoid - similar to Olduvai, med-coarse grained

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 446, ; 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 21796: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.10.1995, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta exoptata
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant
 Carnivora - Canidae
cf. Canis brevirostris
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet., Felis sp.
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae-large
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
ETE occurrence; species: small
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Ancylotherium hennigi
Ancylotherium hennigi chalicothere
LAET 3154, L calcaneum; LAET 4182, fused prox & int phalanges; LAET 1364, distal metapodial (from 12N)
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet., Ceratotherium praecox, Ceratotherium simum
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
ETE occurrence; species: Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa cf. jumae, Giraffa stillei
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Hippotragini indet., Tragelaphus sp.
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Paraxerus sp.
Paraxerus sp. Forsyth Major 1893 African Bush Squirrel