SHKII general: Calabrian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Phalacrocorax owrei
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion cf. ethiopicum
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52 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Metridiochoerus compactus
Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Metridochoerus compactus" | ||||||||||
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Kolpochoerus olduvaiensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Kolpochoerus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Theropithecus oswaldi
(Andrews 1916)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: leakeyi | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Cichliformes
- Cichlidae
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Cichlidae indet.
Heckel 1840
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cichlidae | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Clariidae
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Clarias sp.
Scopoli 1777
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78 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tanzania |
| Coordinates: | 3.0° South, 35.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.0° South, 35.2° East |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: max=1.7(base of Bed II)min=1.15(base of Bed III) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | argillaceous tuff | ||
| Secondary lithology: | conglomeratic claystone | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: clay, ETE lithology comments: "tuffs&clyey tuffs,conglm,brwn cly" JA: originally uploaded without a lithology value | |||
| Environment: | "channel" | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: eastrn fluv-lac
JA: originally uploaded without an environment value | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 147 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| 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 1460, "Sites 68a,b,c,69", Sam Howard Korongo, Arch#68, Geol loc.92, SHKII general, | ||
| Database number: | 22620 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | ||
| 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:
| 4948. | ETE 660 | P. H. Greenwood and E. J. Todd. 1970. Fish remains from Olduvai. Fossil Vertebrates of Africa 2:225-241 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |