PBDB Collection

Laetoli Footprint-N:West (Pliocene to of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 1451, Laetoli Footprint-N:West,

Where: Eastern Rift Valley, Tanzania (3.2° S, 36.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.5° S, 35.9° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Laetolil Beds-Upper Member (Vogel River Series Formation), Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "Max.on base uppr unit Laetolil Bds(3.76+0.03),Min on Tuff 8(3.46+0.12)" radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: eolian

• ETE sed env 1: eolian, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .

• ETE rock type adj: fine-grained, ETE lithology comments: Lower part of Tuff 7

Collection methods: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list: 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 22611: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.06.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
-	Mammalia indet., Mammalia indet. Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Proboscidean Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Lagomorpha/Madoqua
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffidae indet. Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Giraffid
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovidae indet., Simatherium kohllarseni Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovid Simatherium kohllarseni antelope
Aves
Galliformes - Phasianidae	Phasianidae indet. Phasianidae indet. Horsfield 1821 pheasant ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Phasianid (Guinea Fowl)