Olduvai - HEBE: Calabrian, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
ETE occurrence; species: Chelonia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: Aves
Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
Diceros bicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. ethiopicum
Equus oldowayensis
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa jumae Leakey 1967
Mammalia - Bovidae
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816
Tragelaphus cf. arkelli Leakey 1965
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847
Mammalia - Suidae
Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932
Metridiochoerus modestus (van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932)
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Sivatherium maurusium (Pomel 1893)
original and current combination Libytherium maurusium
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Viverridae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Aonyx sp. Lesson 1827
Mammalia - Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Heterocephalus sp. Rüppell 1842
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Saccostomus sp. Peters 1846
Arvicanthus niloticus
Zelotomys leakeyi
Thallomys sp. Thomas 1920
Otomys sp. Cuvier 1824
Aethomys cf. lavocati
Steatomys sp. Peters 1846
Tatera sp. Lataste 1882
Dasymys incomtus
originally entered as "Dasymys incomptus"
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecoides kimeui Leakey 1982
originally entered as "Cercopithecoidea kimeui"
Amphibia
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: Amphibia
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Unio indet. Philipsson 1788
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
unclassified
Antidorcas recki (Schwartz 1932)
original and current combination Adenota recki
ETE occurrence; species: or marsupialis
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania
Coordinates: 3.0° South, 34.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.0° South, 34.2° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Calabrian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Quaternary - Quaternary *Epoch:Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene (minimum)
Key time interval:Calabrian
Age range of interval:1.80000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Olduvai Local bed:IV
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Lower Bed IV radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "pebble conglomerate, some greenish-red sand in one level"
Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: small shallow channel
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:36 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 520, ; ETE museum list: KNM, BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 862, Heberers gullies, Geologic locality #44, Olduvai - HEBE,
Database number:22041
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:1998-12-09 00:00:00 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:1998-12-09 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4478.ETE 113A. W. Gentry. 1978. Bovidae. In V. J. Maglio and H. B. S. Cooke (eds.), Evolution of African Mammals. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 540-572 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]