Lake Eyasi: Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Homoioceras nilssoni
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach 1797)
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercocebus sp. Geoffroy 1812
Mammalia - Rodentia - Pedetidae
Pedetes surdaster Thomas 1902
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852
Mammalia - Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomys swinderianus (Temminck 1827)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
Herpestes sanguineus Rüppell 1835
originally duplicated as "Mungos sangiuneus" and "Herpestes sangiuneus"
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera pardus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell 1823)
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894
Gazella thomsoni Gunther 1884
recombined as Eudorcas thomsoni
Gazella granti Brooke 1872
recombined as Nanger granti
Kobus kob (Erxleben 1777)
Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Ogilby 1833)
original and current combination Antilope ellipsiprymnus
Redunca redunca Hamilton Smith 1827
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847
Aepyceros suara
Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
Cephalophus sp. Smith 1827
Hippotragus equinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803)
original and current combination Antilope equina
Oryx gazella (Linnaeus 1758)
Syncerus caffer (Sparman 1779)
original and current combination Bos caffer
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
Taurotragus oryx (Pallas 1766)
Mammalia - Suidae
Phacochoerus koiropotamus
Phacochoerus aethiopicus (Pallas 1766)
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus quagga Boddaert 1785
Equus burchelli Gray 1824
recombined as Equus quagga burchelli
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania
Coordinates: 3.7° South, 35.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.7° South, 35.0° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Quaternary - Quaternary *Epoch:Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene - Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: based on overlying sediments and a calculated average rate of deposition radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: reddish, poorly consolidated sandstone
Environment:spring
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: spring ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lake basin
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:0 specimens
Reason for describing collection:archaeological analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 712, Lake Eyasi,
Database number:21893
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth
Modifier:J. Alroy
Created:1997-05-19 00:00:00 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:1997-05-19 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5226.ETE 938M. J. Mehlman. 1987. Provenience, Age and Associations of Archaic Homo Sapiens Crania fron Lake Eyasi, Tanzania. Journal of Archaeological Science 14:133-162 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]