MNKII Skull St-MddleBdII: Calabrian, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Struthis sp.
Indet. Gastropoda
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas recki Dietrich 1915
recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki
ETE occurrence; species: evolved
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus cf. oldowayensis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Tragelaphus
Antilopini indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopini
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
ETE occurrence; species: Alcelaphini
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
ETE occurrence; species: Canidae
Mammalia - Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Heterocephalus sp. Rüppell 1842
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
Reptilia
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Clariidae
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777
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 1407M. 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]