PBDB Collection

Laetoli - Loc. 2 (Pliocene of Tanzania)

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

• ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: paleosol ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: eolian environ, ash has been wind-worked

• ETE rock type adj: grey, ETE lithology comments: aeolian or airfall, pelletoid few laminated tuffs, some increase upwards in size, xenoliths

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

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Pseudinvoluta pseudinvoluta Pseudinvoluta pseudinvoluta
Reptilia
Squamata - Boidae	Python sebae Python sebae Gmelin 1789 rock python
Testudines - Testudinidae	"Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis, Geochelone laetoliensis "Geochelone brachygularis" = Stigmochelys brachygularis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle Geochelone laetoliensis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987 turtle
Aves
Strigiformes - Strigidae	Bubo sp. Bubo sp. Dumeril 1806 eagle-owl
Galliformes - Numididae	Numida sp. Numida sp. Linnaeus 1766 helmeted guineafowl
Galliformes - Phasianidae	Francolinus sp. Francolinus sp. Stephens 1819 francolin ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: large
Mammalia
Macroscelidea - Rhynchocyonidae	Rhynchocyon pliocaenicus Rhynchocyon pliocaenicus elephant shrew
Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae	Deinotherium bozasi Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Loxodonta exoptata Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant
Rodentia - Bathyergidae	Heterocephalus quenstedti Heterocephalus quenstedti naked mole-rat
Rodentia - Hystricidae	Xenohystrix crassidens Xenohystrix crassidens porcupine
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Xerus cf. janenschi Xerus cf. janenschi African ground squirrel
Rodentia - Muridae	Saccostomus sp. Saccostomus sp. Peters 1846 pouched mouse ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-major
Rodentia - Nesomyidae	Dendromus sp. Dendromus sp. Smith 1829 African climbing mice
Primates - Cercopithecidae	cf. Paracolobus sp., Parapapio ado cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969 monkey Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936 monkey
Primates - Hominidae	Hominidae indet. Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
Carnivora - Felidae	Felidae indet., Felis sp., "Leo cf. pardus" = Panthera, Homotherium sp. Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae-medium Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat ETE occurrence; species: Laetoli-large "Leo cf. pardus" = Panthera cat Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Hyaenidae indet. Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
Carnivora - Canidae	Canis brevirostris Canis brevirostris canine
Artiodactyla - Suidae	"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Gazella janenschi, Parmularius pandatus, Praedamalis deturi Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Hippotragini Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae Gazella janenschi gazelle Parmularius pandatus Gentry 1987 antelope Praedamalis deturi Dietrich 1950 antelope
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffa cf. jumae, Giraffa stillei Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe
Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae	"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium "Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Rhinocerotidae indet., Ceratotherium praecox, Ceratotherium simum Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae Ceratotherium praecox white rhino Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hipparion sp. Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse