DKI-general: Gelasian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Tilapia sp.
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Paramularius altidens
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120 specimens | |||||||||
Indet. indet.
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91 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
Indet. Urocyclidae
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67 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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37435 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Vertebrate | ||||||||||
Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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22 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Osteichthyes | ||||||||||
Amphibia
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Amphibia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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37 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Amphibia | ||||||||||
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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20 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora | ||||||||||
Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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666 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Mammalia | ||||||||||
Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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5 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Primates | ||||||||||
Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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442 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rodentia | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Simopithecus cf. oswaldi
Andrews 1916
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recombined as Theropithecus oswaldi | ||||||||||
ETE occurrence; species: Theropithecus | ||||||||||
Theropithecus oswaldi
(Andrews 1916)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: leakeyi | ||||||||||
cf. Papio sp. n. sp.
Erxleben 1777
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Hominidae indet.
Gray 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae | ||||||||||
Homo habilis
Leakey et al. 1964
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Soricidae indet.
Fischer 1814
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Soricidae | ||||||||||
Sylvisorex olduvaiensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell 1821)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equidae indet.
Gray 1821
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4 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Equidae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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84 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae | ||||||||||
Mesochoerus olduvaiensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Kolpochoerus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus gorgops
Dietrich 1928
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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145 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae | ||||||||||
Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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5 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini sp4-Old | ||||||||||
Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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2 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopini sp.1-Oldv | ||||||||||
Hippotragus gigas
Leakey 1965
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini | ||||||||||
Megalotragus cf. kattwinkeli
(Scwarz 1932)
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39 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Alcelaphus kattwinkeli | ||||||||||
Kobus sigmoidalis
Arambourg 1941
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26 specimens | |||||||||
Redunca sp.
Smith 1827
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Tragelaphini indet.
Blyth 1863
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5 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tragelaphini-sm | ||||||||||
Tragelaphini indet.
Blyth 1863
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tragelaphini-lg | ||||||||||
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
(Pallas 1766)
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24 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: maryanus | ||||||||||
Syncerus acoelotus
Gentry 1985
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffidae indet.
Gray 1821
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3321 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: .; Double entry removed abundance could be 2 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Crocuta cf. ultra
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Pseudocivetta ingens
Petter 1967
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis mesomelas
Schreber 1775
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recombined as Lupulella mesomelas | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ileretensis | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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236 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Testudines | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Boidae
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Python sp.
Daudin 1803
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ETE occurrence; species: Boidae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Elapidae
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Naja sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Bitis sp.
(Gray 1842)
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original and current combination Clotho (Bitis) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Colubridae indet.
Oppel 1811
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ETE occurrence; species: Colubridae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Crocodylus sp. n. sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Crocodylus niloticus
Laurenti 1768
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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520 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Bubo leakyae
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Phalacrocorax owrei
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69 specimens | |||||||||
Phalacrocorax tanzaniae
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Struthioniformes
- Struthionidae
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Struthionidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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604 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Struthionidae | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Antidorcas recki
(Schwartz 1932)
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44 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Adenota recki | ||||||||||
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: clay, ETE lithology comments: "cly,tuff,clyey tuff intrbdded,slt" | |||
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: | 44139 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 1436, Douglas Korongo, Arch loc.22, Geol loc.13, DKI-general, | ||
Database number: | 22596 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth |
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:
5276. | ETE 988 | N. E. Todd. 1996. Dissertation, personal communication. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |