Olduvai - DDH (OH 62) (Pleistocene to of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 793, Olduvai - DDH (OH 62), Dik Dik Hill,

Where: Tanzania (3.0° S, 35.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.1° S, 35.1° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Olduvai Formation (Vogel River Series Group), Gelasian to Gelasian (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = Tuff IB, Min age = Tuff IF radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: Colluvium containing large lithic clasts.

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 488, 483, 482, 481, 478, 477, 456, 454, 121, ; ETE museum list: TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology

Primary reference: R. L. Hay. 1976. Geology of the Olduvai Gorge. University of California Press, Berkeley. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21973: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 20.10.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Gnathostomata
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Osteichthyes indet.
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
ETE occurrence; species: Osteichthyes
Amphibia
  -
Amphibia indet.
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Anura
Reptilia
  -
Reptilia indet., Reptilia indet.
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE occurrence; species: Squamata
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE occurrence; species: Testudines
Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
cf. Struthio sp.
cf. Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp.
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
 Squamata - Varanidae
Varanidae indet.
Varanidae indet. Hardwicke and Gray 1824 monitor lizard
ETE occurrence; species: Varanidae
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotheriidae indet.
Deinotheriidae indet. Bonaparte 1845 deinothere
ETE occurrence; species: Deinotheriidae
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet.
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
ETE occurrence; species: or Viverridae
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae indet.
Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821 hippopotamus
ETE occurrence; species: Hippopotamidae
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet.
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE occurrence; species: Suidae
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
cf. Sivatherium sp.
cf. Sivatherium sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836 giraffe
ETE occurrence; species: Giraffidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Alcelaphini indet., Kobus sigmoidalis, Antilopini indet.
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Alcelaphini
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope
Antilopini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: cf. Antilopini
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystricidae indet.
Hystricidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 porcupine
ETE occurrence; species: Hystricidae
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet.
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse
ETE occurrence; species: Cricetidae
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo habilis
Homo habilis Leakey et al. 1964 human
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet.
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE occurrence; species: Cercopithecidae