Laetoli - Loc. 2 Ngaloba (Pleistocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 637, Laetoli - Loc. 2 Ngaloba,

Where: Tanzania (3.2° S, 35.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.3° S, 35.1° E)

When: Vogel River Series Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: based on stratigraphical position, 120,000 +- 30,000 yrs

Environment/lithology: fluvial; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: flood, ETE env comment: floodplain
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: and sandstone

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list: 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 21819: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.10.1995

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Mammalia
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: archaic