Laetoli - Loc. 9S: Piacenzian, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Euonyma leakeyi
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - original species name "sp.nov.-Laetoli", names in use shifted from family / genus
Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791
1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941
9 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777
ETE occurrence; species: new species-Laetoli
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae-medium
Leo cf. gombaszoegensis Kretzoi 1938
recombined as Panthera gombaszoegensis
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: large
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: medium
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
3 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium praecox
1 specimen
Mammalia - Suidae
Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
1 specimen
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus
Potamochoerus porcus (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
Parmularius pandatus Gentry 1987
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini
Gazella janenschi
4 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Thallomys laetolilensis
Saccostomus major
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix leakeyi
ETE occurrence; species: sp.nov.-Laetoli
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Parapapio ado Hopwood 1936
1 specimen
cf. Paracolobus sp. Leakey 1969
1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
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 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Vogel River Series Local bed:upper unit - 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: few beds of brown claystone, 1.2m thinly bedded to laminated ponded water deposits
Environment:lacustrine - small
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: shallow_lake ETE event: airfall, ETE env comment: ponded water deposits
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: 441, 409, 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 625, Laetoli - Loc. 9S,
Database number:21807
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
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]