Laetoli - Loc. 14 Ndol. (Pleistocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 632, Laetoli - Loc. 14 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), Laetoli Beds; Min=Ogol Lavas (2.41+/-.12ma) radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: paleosol ETE event: ., ETE env comment: aeolian
• ETE rock type adj: aeolian, ETE lithology comments: clayey, calcretes, ls nodules, some airfall tuffs, pelletoid, 90-95% aeolian

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; 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 21814: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.10.1995

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa stillei, Giraffa cf. jumae
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium praecox
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp.
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse