Olduvai - FLK Masek Beds: Gelasian - Calabrian, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Achatinidae
cf. Limicolaria indet. Schumacher 1817
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Unio indet. Philipsson 1788
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
ETE occurrence; species: Chelonia
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
    = Crocodylus anthropophagus Brochu et al. 2010
Brochu et al. 2010
KNM FLKNI (cranial, mandibular, and postcranial material from at least two [and probably more] individuals; the braincase is from a substantially smaller animal than most other cranial fragments)
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: Aves
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae
Jaculus sp. Erxleben 1777
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Saccostomus sp. Peters 1846
Mastomys natalensis
Mammalia - Suidae
Phacochoerus antiquus
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Neotragini
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Gazellini?Antilopini
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini sp3-Old
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
ETE occurrence; species: grandis
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini
Cephalophini indet. Blyth 1863
ETE occurrence; species: Cephalophini
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
Antilopini indet. Gray 1821
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopini
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus oldowayensis
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania
Coordinates: 3.0° South, 35.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.1° South, 35.1° East
Geographic resolution:local area
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:Gelasian - Calabrian
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Vogel River Series (?) Formation:Olduvai
Local section:Masek Local bed:Masek
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Masek Beds radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination gravel
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: Brown earthy deposit with coarse rubble at base, some calcrete and silty clay, ferrigenous quartz.
Environment:fluvial indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: ., ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: Alluvial plain.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:28 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 491, 478, 477, 456, 454, 121, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 794, Olduvai - FLK Masek Beds, Geologic Locality # 15, Frida Leakey Korongo,
Database number:21974
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer, P. Mannion Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, P. Mannion
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:1999-08-13 00:00:00 Last modified:2022-02-08 08:38:55
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-13 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4945.ETE 657A. W. Gentry and A. Gentry. 1978. Fossil Bovidae (Mammalia) of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History 29:289-446 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer]

Secondary references:

46618 C. A. Brochu, J. Njau, R. J. Blumenschine and L. D. Densmore. 2010. A New Horned Crocodile from the Plio-Pleistocene Hominid Sites at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. PLoS One 5(2):e9333 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]