Laetoli - Loc. 18 Ndol. (Pleistocene of Tanzania)

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:

• ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: paleosol ETE event: ., ETE env comment: minerals-change in soil environment from Laet.Beds
• ETE rock type adj: aeolian, ETE lithology comments: calcretes, 90-95% aeolian, some airfall tuffs, limestone and crystal-rich water worked tuff

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
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Urocyclinae indet.
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name "Urocyclinae spE-Laet" split into genus and species names
Aves
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Francolinus sp. Stephens 1819 francolin
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: small
Reptilia
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Bitis arietans puff adder
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: olduvaiensis
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
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
Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovini
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
cf. Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832 white-toothed shrew
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Xerus janenschi African ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Muridae
Tatera sp. Lataste 1882 large naked-soled gerbil
Saccostomus sp. Peters 1846 pouched mouse
 Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat
Madoqua avifluminis
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"Madoqua cf. avifluminis" = Praemadoqua avifluminis
"Madoqua cf. avifluminis" = Praemadoqua avifluminis Dietrich 1950
originally entered as "Madoqua cf. aviflumis"