Laetoli - Laetolil General: Piacenzian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Burtoa nilotica
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "nilotica nilotica" | ||||||||||
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Propoecilogale bolti
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mellivora capensis
(Schreber 1776)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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cf. Otocyon sp.
Müller 1835
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Vulpes sp.
Frisch 1775
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Viverra leakeyi
Petter 1963
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Dinofelis sp.
Zdansky 1924
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Ceratotherium praecox
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Potamochoerus porcus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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31 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Camelidae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Praedamalis deturi
Dietrich 1950
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Simatherium kohllarseni
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Pedetidae
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Pedetes laetoliensis
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103 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Pedetes laetolilensis" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Cercopithecidae indet.
Gray 1821
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae | ||||||||||
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Parapapio ado
Hopwood 1936
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22 specimens | |||||||||
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cf. Paracolobus sp.
Leakey 1969
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Colobinae indet.
(Blyth 1875)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Colobinae | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Madoqua avifluminis
(Dietrich 1950)
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175 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Praemadoqua avifluminis | ||||||||||
| 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: | Laetolil | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = base of Laetolil Beds, Min = Tuff 8 (3.46+-.12ma) radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: aeolian, ETE lithology comments: 0 | |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: paleosol ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0 |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 387 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 121, 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 636, Laetoli - Laetolil General, | ||
| Database number: | 21818 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1995-10-13 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-10-13 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] |