Also known as ETE Locality 626, Laetoli - Loc. 10NE,
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:
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; 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 21808: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.10.1995
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Ceratotherium praecox white rhino | |
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe | |
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini
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