Also known as ETE Locality 623, Laetoli - Loc. 18 Ndol.,
Where: Tanzania (3.2° S, 35.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.3° S, 35.0° E)
When: Vogel River Series Formation, Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = Tuff 8 (3.46+-.12ma), Min = Ogal Lavas (2.41+-.12ma), these bracket upper Ndolanya Beds radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology:
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 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 21805: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.10.1995
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Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Urocyclinae indet. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name "Urocyclinae spE-Laet" split into genus and species names
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Aves | |
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Reptilia | |
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Mammalia | |
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant | |
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Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe | |
cf. Aepyceros melampus, Alcelaphini "indet. med.", Alcelaphini "indet. sm.", Hippotragini indet., Antilopini "sp1-Laet.", Antidorcas sp., cf. Pelea sp., Gazella janenschi, Bovini indet., Tragelaphus sp.
cf. Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Alcelaphini "indet. med." Brookes 1876 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: alcelaphine-med.
Alcelaphini "indet. sm." Brookes 1876 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: alcelaphine-sm.
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini
Antilopini "sp1-Laet." Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopini sp1-Laet.
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok
cf. Pelea sp. Gray 1851 antelope
Gazella janenschi gazelle
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope | |
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental | |
cf. Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832 white-toothed shrew | |
Xerus janenschi African ground squirrel | |
Tatera sp. Lataste 1882 large naked-soled gerbil
Saccostomus sp. Peters 1846 pouched mouse | |
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat | |
Madoqua avifluminis | |
"Madoqua cf. avifluminis" = Praemadoqua avifluminis
"Madoqua cf. avifluminis" = Praemadoqua avifluminis Dietrich 1950 originally entered as "Madoqua cf. aviflumis"
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