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
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
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"Lymnea natalensis" = Lymnaea
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Struthionidae indet. Vigors 1825 ostrich ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Struthionidae
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Australopithecus sp. Dart 1925 australopithecine | |
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