FLKI West-Bd I (Pleistocene to of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 1464, Frida Leakey Korongo, Geol loc.45, FLKI West-Bd I,

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

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Olduvai Formation, Gelasian to Gelasian (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: max=1.87(base Bed I)min=1.749+/-.007(Tuff IF) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; silty claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
• ETE rock type adj: silty, ETE lithology comments: "green/grey/brwn slty cly&cly,tuff"

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. G. Leakey and R.E.F. Leakey. 1978. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Hominids and an Introduction to Their Context, 1968 - 1974. Oxford University Press, New York I [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22624: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.06.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Indet. Urocyclidae
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Vertebrate
Gnathostomata
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Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Osteichthyes
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Testudines
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Crocodylia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Squamata
Aves
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Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthionidae indet. Vigors 1825 ostrich
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Struthionidae
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rodentia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Insectivora
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Proboscidea
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotheriidae indet. Bonaparte 1845 deinothere
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Deinotheriidae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Indet.
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821 hippopotamus
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippopotamidae
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Giraffidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
 Primates - Hominidae
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: boisei (?)
Amphibia
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Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Amphibia