FLKI West-Bd I: Gelasian - Calabrian, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Indet. Urocyclidae
5 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
14 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Vertebrate
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
25 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Osteichthyes
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
61 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rodentia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Insectivora
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Proboscidea
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Australopithecus boisei Leakey 1959
1 specimen
recombined as Paranthropus boisei
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: boisei (?)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Indet.
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippopotamidae
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821
14 specimens
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Giraffidae
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
84 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotheriidae indet. Bonaparte 1845
20 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Deinotheriidae
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
15 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Testudines
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
50 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Crocodylia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Squamata
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
40 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves
Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthionidae indet. Vigors 1825
13 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Struthionidae
Amphibia
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758
34 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Amphibia
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania
Coordinates: 3.0° South, 35.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.1° South, 35.1° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*International age/stage:Gelasian - Calabrian
Key time interval:Gelasian - Calabrian
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Olduvai Local bed:I
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: .
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:2390 specimens
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 1464, Frida Leakey Korongo, Geol loc.45, FLKI West-Bd I,
Database number:22624
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:
4732.ETE 411M. G. Leakey and R.E.F. Leakey. 1978. Koobi Fora Research Project: The Fossil Hominids and an Introduction to Their Context, 1968 - 1974. Oxford University Press, New York I [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]