Laetoli - Loc. 7: Piacenzian, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Trochonanina A-Laetoli
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone laetoliensis (Meylan and Auffenberg 1987)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941
4 specimens
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
2 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Colobinae
cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969
2 specimens
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936
7 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Saccostomus major
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix leakeyi
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Megantereon sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828
1 specimen
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890
Leo cf. pardus
synonym of Panthera
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947
5 specimens
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967
5 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella janenschi
2 specimens
Cephalophini indet. Blyth 1863
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cephalophini
Simatherium kohllarseni
1 specimen
Mammalia - Suidae
Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Sivatherium cf. maurusium (Pomel 1893)
1 specimen
original and current combination Libytherium maurusium
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
2 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
6 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium praecox
5 specimens
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania
Coordinates: 3.2° 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 of Laetolil Beds
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = base of upper unit of Laetolil Beds (3.76+-.03ma), Min = Tuff 8 (3.46+-.12ma) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: aeolian, ETE lithology comments: 8720% airfall Tuff, 5% water-worked tuff, xenoliths, calcite, similar to tuffs at Oldvuai
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: paleosol ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: floodplain
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:70 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 412, 411, 409, 123, 121, 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 619, Laetoli - Loc. 7,
Database number:21801
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1995-10-12 00:00:00 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:1995-10-12 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4451.ETE 85M. 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]