FLKII Main-Bd II: Calabrian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Metridiochoerus compactus
Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Hippotragus gigas
Leakey 1965
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Theropithecus oswaldi
(Andrews 1916)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: leakeyi | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tanzania |
| Coordinates: | 3.0° South, 35.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.0° South, 35.2° East |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Calabrian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *International age/stage: | Calabrian - Calabrian | ||
| Key time interval: | Calabrian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 1.80000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Olduvai | Local bed: | II | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: max=1.749+/-0.007(Tuff IF)min=1.15(base of Bed III) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "clys,slty,tuff.noduls,limstn,sndy conglm=Lwr Augitic sndstn" | |||
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "dvrse orign of sedmts,shrnkng lk" | |||
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 6 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 1454, Frida Leakey Korongo, Arch#41, Geol loc.45, FLKII Main-Bd II, | ||
| Database number: | 22614 | ||
| 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:
| 5615. | ETE 1362 | J. Kappelman. 1984. Plio-Pleistocene environments of Bed I and Lower Bed II, Olduvai Gorge,Tanzania. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 48(2-4):171-196 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |