Serengeti National Park: Holocene, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Tubulidentata
- Orycteropodidae
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Orycteropus afer
(Pallas 1766)
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Procaviidae
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Procavia habessinica
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present category | ||||||
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Heterohyrax brucei
(Gray 1868)
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present category | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta africana
(Blumenbach 1797)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena hyaena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Crocuta crocuta
(Erxleben 1777)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Genetta genetta
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Genetta tigrina
(Schreber 1776)
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present category | ||||||
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Viverra civetta
Schreber 1776
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| recombined as Civettictis civetta | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Herpestidae
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Mungos mungo
(Gmelin 1788)
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present category | ||||||
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Ichneumia albicauda
(Cuvier 1829)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis libyca
Forster 1780
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Felis serval
Schreber 1776
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| recombined as Caracal serval | |||||||
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Felis caracal
Schreber 1776
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| recombined as Caracal caracal | |||||||
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Acinonyx jubatus
(Schreber 1775)
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Panthera leo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Panthera pardus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mellivora capensis
(Schreber 1776)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Otocyon megalotis
(Desmarest 1822)
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Canis aureus
Linnaeus 1758
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Lycaon pictus
(Temminck 1820)
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Canis adustus
Sundevall 1847
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present category | ||||||
| recombined as Schaeffia adusta | |||||||
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Canis mesomelas
Schreber 1775
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| recombined as Lupulella mesomelas | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Phacochoerus aethiopicus
(Pallas 1766)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Syncerus caffer
(Sparman 1779)
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| original and current combination Bos caffer | |||||||
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Tragelaphus scriptus
(Pallas 1766)
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Taurotragus oryx
(Pallas 1766)
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Aepyceros melampus
(Lichtenstein 1812)
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Damaliscus korrigum
(Ogilby 1837)
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Alcelaphus buselaphus
Pallas 1766
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Connochaetes taurinus
(Burchell 1823)
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Gazella granti
Brooke 1872
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| recombined as Nanger granti | |||||||
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Kobus defassa
(Rüppell 1835)
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Redunca redunca
Hamilton Smith 1827
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Redunca fulvorufula
(Afzelius 1815)
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Sylvicapra grimmia
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Hippotragus equinus
(Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803)
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| original and current combination Antilope equina | |||||||
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Oryx gazella
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Oreotragus oreotragus
(Zimmermann 1783)
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Ourebia ourebi
(Zimmerman 1783)
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| original and current combination Antilope ourebi | |||||||
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Raphicerus campestris
(Thunberg 1811)
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| original and current combination Antilope campestris | |||||||
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Madoqua kirki
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Gazella thompsonii
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa camelopardalis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Diceros bicornis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus burchelli
Gray 1824
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| recombined as Equus quagga burchelli | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Cercopithecus aethiops
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Chlorocebus aethiops | |||||||
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Papio anubis
(Cuvier 1824)
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tanzania |
| Coordinates: | 2.4° South, 35.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.4° South, 35.0° East |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | *Epoch: | holocene |
| *International age/stage: | Modern (minimum) | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 0 radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: minor granitic shield with some volcanics | |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: ., ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: soils are highly saline and alkaline, sandy |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 0 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 432, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 508, Serengeti National Park, | ||
| Database number: | 21690 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts, J. Damuth |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | ||
| Created: | 1995-10-11 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-10-11 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4792. | ETE 501 | A. R. E. Sinclair and M. Norton-Griffiths. 1979. Serengeti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem. University of Chicago Press, Chicago [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |