MNKII Skull St-MddleBdII: Calabrian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Struthis sp.
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Indet. Gastropoda
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ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | ||||||||||
ETE occurrence; species: evolved | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus cf. oldowayensis
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell 1821)
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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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ETE occurrence; species: Tragelaphus | ||||||||||
Antilopini indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopini | ||||||||||
Alcelaphini indet.
Brookes 1876
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ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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ETE occurrence; species: Canidae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Bathyergidae
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Heterocephalus sp.
Rüppell 1842
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Hominidae indet.
Gray 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Crocodylus niloticus
Laurenti 1768
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Clariidae
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Clarias sp.
Scopoli 1777
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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 |
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=1.7(base of Bed II)min=1.15(base of Bed III) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandy claystone | ||
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: sandy, ETE lithology comments: "sndy,rwrkd tuff,cly" | |||
Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "eastrn fluv-lac,shrnkng lk" |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 26 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 1461, M.N.Karongo Skull Site, Arch#71, Geol loc.88, MNKII Skull St-MddleBdII, | ||
Database number: | 22621 | ||
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:
5652. | ETE 1407 | M. G. Leakey and R.E.F. Leakey. 1973. Further evidence of Simopithecus(Mammalia,Primates) from Olduvai and Olorgesailie. In:Foss.Vert.Afr. 3:102-120 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |