FLKI Main-Bd I: Calabrian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Coliiformes
- Coliidae
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Colius cf. striatus
Gmelin 1789
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Macroscelididae
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Elephantulus fuscus
Peters 1852
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: leakeyi | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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| recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
| ETE occurrence; species: early | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus gorgops
Dietrich 1928
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Kolpochoerus limnetes
(Hopwood 1926)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Giraffa jumae
Leakey 1967
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Okapia sp.
Lankester 1901
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Mammalia
- Sivatheridae
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Sivatherium maurusium
(Pomel 1893)
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| original and current combination Libytherium maurusium | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Saccostomus cf. mearnsi
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Tatera gentryi
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Otomys petteri
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29 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Australopithecus boisei
Leakey 1959
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Paranthropus boisei | ||||||||||
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Homo habilis
Leakey et al. 1964
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: three + | ||||||||||
| 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: | Gelasian - Calabrian | ||
| Key time interval: | Calabrian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 1.80000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Olduvai | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: max=1.87(base Bed I)min=1.749+/-.007(Tuff IF) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | silty claystone | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: silty, ETE lithology comments: "green/grey/brwn slty cly&cly,tuff" | |||
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "lrg salne,alklne lk" | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 60 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| 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 1457, Frida Leakey Korongo, Arch#44, Geol loc.45, FLKI Main-Bd I, | ||
| Database number: | 22617 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-06-28 01:00:00 | Last modified: | 2018-07-14 09:33:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-06-28 01:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4468. | ETE 103 | J. M. Harris and T.D. White. 1979. Evolution of the Plio-Pleistocene African Suidae. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 69:1-128 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |