PBDB Collection

Laetoli - Loc. 7 (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 619, Laetoli - Loc. 7,

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 Laetolil Beds (3.76+-.03ma), Min = Tuff 8 (3.46+-.12ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• 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: 8720% airfall Tuff, 5% water-worked tuff, xenoliths, calcite, similar to tuffs at Oldvuai

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 412, 411, 409, 123, 121, 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 21801: 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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unclassified
-	Trochonanina A-Laetoli Trochonanina A-Laetoli ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Reptilia
Testudines - Testudinidae	Geochelone laetoliensis Geochelone laetoliensis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Loxodonta exoptata Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant
Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae	Deinotherium bozasi Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Cercopithecidae indet., cf. Paracolobus sp., Parapapio ado Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Colobinae cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969 monkey Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936 monkey
Primates - Hominidae	Hominidae indet. Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
Rodentia - Muridae	Saccostomus major Saccostomus major pouched mouse ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Rodentia - Hystricidae	Hystrix leakeyi Hystrix leakeyi porcupine ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Hyaenidae indet. Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
Carnivora - Felidae	Megantereon sp., Homotherium sp., "Leo cf. pardus" = Panthera Megantereon sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat "Leo cf. pardus" = Panthera cat
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffa stillei, Giraffa cf. jumae Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Gazella janenschi, Cephalophini indet., Simatherium kohllarseni Gazella janenschi gazelle Cephalophini indet. Blyth 1863 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cephalophini Simatherium kohllarseni antelope
Artiodactyla - Suidae	"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae	"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium "Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
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 praecox white rhino Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros