Laetoli - Loc. 15: Piacenzian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta exoptata
Dietrich 1941
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2 specimens | ||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Notochoerus euilus
(Hopwood 1926)
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original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus | |||||||
Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa stillei
Arambourg 1947
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2 specimens | ||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Xenohystrix crassidens
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Tanzania |
Coordinates: | 3.3° South, 35.2° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 3.4° South, 34.9° East |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
*International age/stage: | Piacenzian (minimum) | ||
Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Vogel River Series | Local bed: | upper unit - Laetoli Beds | ||
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = base of upper unit of Laetoli Beds, Min = Tuff 8 radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: aeolian, ETE lithology comments: 8875% aeolian, 20% airfall, 5% water-worked, LS, xenoliths, pelletoid - similar to Olduvai | |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: paleosol ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: 0 |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 10 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 610, Laetoli - Loc. 15, | ||
Database number: | 21792 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
Created: | 1995-10-10 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-10-10 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
4451. | ETE 85 | 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] |