DKI-Level 2: Gelasian, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Primates - Galagidae
Galago sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1796
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Machairodontinae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus cf. oldowayensis
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Suidae
Kolpochoerus limnetes (Hopwood 1926)
Metridiochoerus cf. jacksoni
Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Sivatherium maurusium (Pomel 1893)
original and current combination Libytherium maurusium
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium cf. bozasi Arambourg 1934
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelusios sinuatus Smith 1838
Auffenberg 1981 1 specimen
Reptilia - Boidae
Boidae indet. Gray 1825
ETE occurrence; species: Boidae
Reptilia - Elapidae
Elapidae indet. Boié 1827
ETE occurrence; species: Elapidae
Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Ranidae indet. Rafinesque 1814
ETE occurrence; species: Ranidae
Actinopteri - Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Cichlidae indet. Heckel 1840
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cichlidae
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777
1 specimen
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:2.58000 - 1.80000 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: 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:24 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1435, Douglas Korongo, Arch loc.22, Geol loc.13, DKI-Level 2,
Database number:22595
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer, E. Vlachos Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, E. Vlachos
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:
4659.ETE 301P. Shipman. 1986. Paleoecology of Fort Ternan Reconsidered. Journal of Human Evolution 15(3):193-204 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]

Secondary references:

66491 W. Auffenberg. 1981. The Fossil Turtles of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa. Copeia 1981(3):509-522 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]