Also known as ETE Locality 649, Laetoli - Loc. 2,
Where: Tanzania (3.2° S, 35.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.4° S, 34.9° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Vogel River Series Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = base of upper unit, Laetoli beds; Min= Tuff 7 radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: gray
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 478, ; 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 21831: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 17.10.1995, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Reptilia | |
Python sebae Gmelin 1789 rock python | |
"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis, Geochelone laetoliensis
"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle
Geochelone laetoliensis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle | |
Aves | |
Bubo sp. Dumeril 1806 eagle-owl | |
Numida sp. Linnaeus 1766 helmeted guineafowl | |
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Mammalia | |
Rhynchocyon pliocaenicus elephant shrew | |
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere | |
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant | |
Heterocephalus quenstedti naked mole-rat | |
Xenohystrix crassidens porcupine | |
Xerus cf. janenschi African ground squirrel | |
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Dendromus sp. Smith 1829 African climbing mice | |
cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969 monkey
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936 monkey | |
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"Leo cf. pardus" = Panthera cat
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat | |
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Canis brevirostris canine | |
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog | |
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Hippotragini
Gazella janenschi gazelle
Parmularius pandatus Gentry 1987 antelope
Praedamalis deturi Dietrich 1950 antelope | |
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe | |
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium praecox white rhino
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse |