Peninj-Basal Sands w/Clay: Calabrian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas cf. recki
Dietrich 1915
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recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera pardus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Crocuta cf. crocuta
(Erxleben 1777)
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ETE occurrence; species: cf. ultra | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus cf. gorgops
Dietrich 1928
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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Kobus sp.
Smith 1840
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Aepyceros melampus
(Lichtenstein 1812)
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Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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Connochaetes taurinus
(Burchell 1823)
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ETE occurrence; species: prognu | ||||||||||
Tragelaphus cf. strepsiceros
(Pallas 1766)
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ETE occurrence; species: grandis; originally entered as "Tragelaphus cf. strepciceros" | ||||||||||
Taurotragus sp.
Wagner 1855
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell 1821)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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unclassified
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Antidorcas cf. recki
(Schwartz 1932)
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original and current combination Adenota recki | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Tanzania | State/province: | Lake Natron Basin |
Coordinates: | 2.3° South, 36.0° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 2.4° South, 35.9° East |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
Stage: | Calabrian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
*International age/stage: | Gelasian - Calabrian | ||
Key time interval: | Calabrian | ||
Age range of interval: | 1.80000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Peninj | Formation: | Humbu | Member: | Basal Sands |
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: " |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: claystone & tuff, ETE lithology comments: "Tuff snds,quartzite&lava pebbls" | |
Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0 |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 15 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 975, ; ETE museum list: |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 1392, Peninj-Basal Sands w/Clay, | ||
Database number: | 22553 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2000-04-13 01:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-03-29 04:27:11 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-04-13 01:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
5636. | ETE 1387 | G. Isaac. 1965. The stratigraphy of the Peninj beds and the provenance of the Natron australopithecine mandible. Quaternaria 7:101-130 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |