Laetoli - Loc. 8 (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 618, Laetoli - Loc. 8,

Where: Tanzania (3.0° S, 35.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.3° 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 Laetolil Beds (3.76+-.03ma), Min = Tuff 8 (3.46+-.12ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: graded

• ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: paleosol ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: floodplain
• ETE rock type adj: aeolian, ETE lithology comments: 10520% airfall, 5% water-worked tuff, xenoliths, limestone, aeolian tuffs are massive with med-coarse grains

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 475, 417, 415, 414, 409, 123, 104, 81, ; 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 21800: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.10.1995, edited by John Damuth

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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zanzibarica zanzibarica, nilotica nilotica
Aves
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Francolinus sp.
Francolinus sp. Stephens 1819 francolin
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: large
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis
"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta exoptata
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant
 Carnivora - Canidae
cf. Canis brevirostris
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta sp.
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
ETE occurrence; species: new species-Laetoli
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet.
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae-medium
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet., Ceratotherium praecox, Ceratotherium simum
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
ETE number of identifiable specimens; 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
Gazella janenschi, Raphicerus sp., Hippotragini indet., Parmularius pandatus, Tragelaphus sp.
Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini
Parmularius pandatus Gentry 1987 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Heterocephalus quenstedti
 Rodentia - Muridae
Saccostomus major, Tatera cf. inclusa
Saccostomus major pouched mouse
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Tatera cf. inclusa large naked-soled gerbil
 Primates - Hominidae
Australopithecus afarensis
Australopithecus afarensis Johanson et al. 1978 australopithecine
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet., Parapapio ado
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936 monkey