PBDB Collection

Laetoli - Loc. 1 (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 650, Laetoli - Loc. 1,

Where: Tanzania (3.2° S, 35.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.3° 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, Laetoli Beds; Min = Tuff 8 radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: burrowed

• ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: paleosol ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: wind reworked ash

• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: gray,aeolian and airfall tuffs, xenoliths, pelletoid tuff similar to Olduvai, some laminated tuffs

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 21832: 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
-	Trochonanina "B-Laetoli", Trochonanina "A-Laetoli", Streptostele cf. urguessensis, Pseudoglessula cf. gibbonsi Trochonanina "B-Laetoli" ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name Trochonanina "A-Laetoli" ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name Streptostele cf. urguessensis ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - genus name shifted from family name Pseudoglessula cf. gibbonsi ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - genus name shifted from family name
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Loxodonta exoptata Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941 African elephant
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Cercopithecidae indet., cf. Paracolobus sp., Colobinae indet., Parapapio ado Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969 monkey Colobinae indet. Blyth 1875 monkey Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936 monkey
Primates - Hominidae	Hominidae indet. Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
Rodentia - Muridae	Saccostomus sp., Thallomys laetolilensis Saccostomus sp. Peters 1846 pouched mouse ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-major Thallomys laetolilensis mouse originally entered as "Thallomys laetoliensis"
Rodentia - Hystricidae	Xenohystrix crassidens Xenohystrix crassidens porcupine
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Hyaenidae indet., Crocuta sp., Crocuta "sp.nov.-Laetoli" Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Incerta sedis Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena Crocuta "sp.nov.-Laetoli" Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Carnivora - Canidae	Canis brevirostris Canis brevirostris canine
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffa stillei, Giraffa cf. jumae Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947 giraffe Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovidae indet., Gazella janenschi, Alcelaphini indet., Parmularius pandatus, Pelea sp., Hippotragini indet., Tragelaphus sp. Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope Gazella janenschi gazelle Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini Parmularius pandatus Gentry 1987 antelope Pelea sp. Gray 1851 antelope Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Hippotragini Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
Artiodactyla - Suidae	"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus "Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae	"Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium "Sivatherium cf. maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hipparion sp. Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Rhinocerotidae indet., Ceratotherium praecox, Ceratotherium simum Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros Ceratotherium praecox white rhino Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros