Also known as ETE Locality 1434, Douglas Korongo, Arch loc.22, Geol loc.13, DKI-Level 3,
Where: Tanzania (3.0° S, 35.4° E: paleocoordinates 3.1° S, 35.2° E)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Olduvai Formation, Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: max=1.976+/-0.015(Tuff IA)min=1.859+/-0.007(Tuff IB) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: lacustrine
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology
Primary reference: M. D. Leakey. 1971. Olduvai Gorge: Excavations in Beds I and II, 1960-1963. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 3 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 22594: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.06.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Deinotherium cf. bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere | |
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
Herpestes sp. Illliger 1811 mongoose | |
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental | |
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig | |
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe
Okapia sp. Lankester 1901 okapi | |
Equus cf. oldowayensis horse | |
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777 baboon |