Laetoli - Loc. 14 Ndol.: Gelasian, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium praecox
1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
10 specimens
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa stillei Arambourg 1947
8 specimens
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967
4 specimens
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Sivatherium cf. maurusium (Pomel 1893)
1 specimen
original and current combination Libytherium maurusium
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania
Coordinates: 3.2° South, 35.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.3° South, 35.0° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Gelasian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene
*International age/stage:Gelasian (minimum)
Key time interval:Gelasian
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 1.80600 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Vogel River Series Local bed:Ndolanya
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max=Tuff 8 (3.46+/-.12ma), Laetoli Beds; Min=Ogol Lavas (2.41+/-.12ma) radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: aeolian, ETE lithology comments: clayey, calcretes, ls nodules, some airfall tuffs, pelletoid, 90-95% aeolian
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: paleosol ETE event: ., ETE env comment: aeolian
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Collection size:24 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; 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 632, Laetoli - Loc. 14 Ndol.,
Database number:21814
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]