FLK NII Maiko Gully (Pleistocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 1294, Site (43), North Maiko Gully, Geol Loc #45c, Arch #40, FLK NII Maiko Gully,

Where: Tanzania (3.0° S, 35.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.0° S, 35.2° E)

When: Olduvai Formation, Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max age = 1.749 +/- .007 (Tuff IF). Min age 1.15 (base of Bed II). radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: tuff/clay/ss

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 948, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology

Primary reference: J. Kappelman. 1984. Plio-Pleistocene environments of Bed I and Lower Bed II, Olduvai Gorge,Tanzania. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 48(2-4):171-196 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22470: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 24.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
"Lymnea natalensis" = Lymnaea
"Lymnea natalensis" = Lymnaea snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Bulinus tropicus snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Anisus natalensis snail
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Reptilia
  -
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Crocodylia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Testudines
Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthionidae indet. Vigors 1825 ostrich
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Struthionidae
Mammalia
  -
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rodentia
 Primates - Hominidae
Hominidae indet. Gray 1825 ape
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hominidae
Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Giraffidae