Laetoli - Loc. 14 U.Ndol.: Gelasian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Urocyclinae indet.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name "Urocyclinae spD-Laet" split into genus and species names | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta exoptata
Dietrich 1941
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Ceratotherium praecox
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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2 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini | ||||||||||
Parmularius pandatus
Gentry 1987
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Hippotragini indet.
Sundevall 1845
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5 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini | ||||||||||
Pelea sp.
Gray 1851
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gazella janenschi
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Tragelaphus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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: | upper Ndolanya | ||
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max=Tuff 8, Laetoli Beds; Min=Ogol Lavas 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: | 23 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 123, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 633, Laetoli - Loc. 14 U.Ndol., | ||
Database number: | 21815 | ||
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 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] |