SHKII-Mddle BdII: Calabrian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Tilapia sp.
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Reptilia
- Struthioniformes
- Struthionidae
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Struthio sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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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: evolved | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Viverridae indet.
Gray 1821
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| ETE occurrence; species: Viverridae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Machairodontinae indet.
Gill 1872
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| ETE occurrence; species: Machairodontirae | ||||||||||
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Felis cf. serval
Schreber 1776
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| recombined as Caracal serval | ||||||||||
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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
- Suidae
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Metridiochoerus compactus
Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932
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| originally entered as "Metridochoerus compactus" | ||||||||||
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Kolpochoerus limnetes
(Hopwood 1926)
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Notochoerus compactus
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Damaliscus niro
(Hopwood 1936)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Hippotragus niro | ||||||||||
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Hippotragus gigas
Leakey 1965
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Alcelaphini informal indet. lg
Brookes 1876
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36 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-lg | ||||||||||
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Alcelaphini informal indet. sm
Brookes 1876
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99 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-sm | ||||||||||
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Alcelaphini informal indet. sp3-Old
Brookes 1876
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini sp3-Old | ||||||||||
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Connochaetes cf. taurinus
(Burchell 1823)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Megalotragus kattwinkeli
(Scwarz 1932)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Alcelaphus kattwinkeli | ||||||||||
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Parmularius augusticornis
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Parmularius cf. rugosus
Leakey 1965
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Kobus kob
(Erxleben 1777)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Antilopini indet.
Gray 1821
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopini | ||||||||||
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Tragelaphus strepsiceros
(Pallas 1766)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: grandis | ||||||||||
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Tragelaphus cf. scriptus
(Pallas 1766)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Syncerus acoelotus
Gentry 1985
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Pelorovis oldowayensis
Reck 1928
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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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
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Theropithecus cf. oswaldi
(Andrews 1916)
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Clariidae
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Clarias sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Corbiculidae
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Corbicula africana
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| ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Antidorcas recki
(Schwartz 1932)
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119 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Adenota recki | ||||||||||
| 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 | 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
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: clay, ETE lithology comments: "tuffs&clyey tuffs,conglm,brwn 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 | |||
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
| Collection size: | 315 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 1467, "Sites 68a,b,c,69", Sam Howard Korongo, Arch#68, Geol loc.92, SHKII-Mddle BdII, | ||
| Database number: | 22627 | ||
| 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:
| 4478. | ETE 113 | A. W. Gentry. 1978. Bovidae. In V. J. Maglio and H. B. S. Cooke (eds.), Evolution of African Mammals. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 540-572 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |