DKI-general: Gelasian, Tanzania

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