DKI-Level 3: Gelasian, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus cf. oldowayensis
Mammalia - Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
Potamochoerus infermedius
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
Okapia sp. Lankester 1901
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Sivatherium maurusium (Pomel 1893)
original and current combination Libytherium maurusium
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777
Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
Herpestes sp. Illliger 1811
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium cf. bozasi Arambourg 1934
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania
Coordinates: 3.0° South, 35.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.1° South, 35.2° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Gelasian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*International age/stage:Gelasian - Gelasian
Key time interval:Gelasian
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 1.80600 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Olduvai Local bed:I
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: max=1.976+/-0.015(Tuff IA)min=1.859+/-0.007(Tuff IB) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: clayey, ETE lithology comments: grey-buff colored
Environment:lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "lg salne,alkaln lk"
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:12 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1434, Douglas Korongo, Arch loc.22, Geol loc.13, DKI-Level 3,
Database number:22594
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:A. Behrensmeyer
Created:2000-06-28 01:00:00 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2000-06-28 01:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

5271.ETE 983M. D. Leakey. 1971. Olduvai Gorge: Excavations in Beds I and II, 1960-1963. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 3 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]