Laetoli - Loc. 4: Piacenzian, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Trochonanina informal B-Laetoli
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Streptostele cf. urguessensis
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - genus name shifted from family name
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Saccostomus major
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
cf. Canis brevirostris
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: medium
Leo cf. gombaszoegensis Kretzoi 1938
recombined as Panthera gombaszoegensis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
3 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium praecox
1 specimen
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
2 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Ancylotherium hennigi
Guérin 1987 1 specimen
LAET 156, fused prox & int phalanges
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947
1 specimen
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967
5 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Parmularius pandatus Gentry 1987
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816
1 specimen
Simatherium kohllarseni
2 specimens
Gazella janenschi
1 specimen
Mammalia - Suidae
Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Sivatherium cf. maurusium (Pomel 1893)
2 specimens
original and current combination Libytherium maurusium
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941
3 specimens
Reptilia - Numididae
Numida sp. Linnaeus 1766
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: 11720% airfall tuff, limestone, xenoliths, 5% water-worked tuff, pelletoid - similar to Olduvai, calcite, Footprint Tuff
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: paleosol ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: stream channel oriented W-NW, alluvial plain
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:50 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 475, 418, 417, 416, 415, 414, 409, 123, 104, 81, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 620, Laetoli - Loc. 4,
Database number:21802
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]

Secondary references:

69249 C. Guérin. 1987. Chalicotheriidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) remains from Laetoli. In M. D. Leakey & J. M. Harris (ed.), Laetoli. A Pliocene Site in Northern Tanzania 315-320 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]