PBDB Collection

Olduvai - HEBW (Pleistocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 885, Heberers gullies, Geologic locality #44, Olduvai - HEBW,

Where: Tanzania (3.0° S, 34.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.0° S, 34.2° E)

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

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Lower Bed IV radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: small shallow channel

• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "conglomerate, some grayish-red sand in one level"

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 483, 482, 481, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list: KNM, BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology

Primary reference: 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]more details

PaleoDB collection 22064: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 29.01.1999, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
Siluriformes - Clariidae	Clarias sp. Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish
Amphibia
-	Amphibia indet. Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod ETE occurrence; species: Amphibia
Reptilia
-	Reptilia indet. Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile ETE occurrence; species: Chelonia
Aves
-	Aves indet. Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird ETE occurrence; species: Aves
Struthioniformes - Struthionidae	Struthio sp. Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich
Reptilia
Crocodylia - Crocodylidae	Crocodylus sp. Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki "Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Cercopithecoides kimeui Cercopithecoides kimeui Leakey 1982 monkey originally entered as "Cercopithecoidea kimeui"
Rodentia - Muridae	Steatomys sp., Aethomys cf. lavocati, Zelotomys leakeyi, Arvicanthus niloticus, Tatera sp., Saccostomus sp., Dasymys incomtus, Otomys sp., Thallomys sp., Mastomys sp. Steatomys sp. Peters 1846 fat mouse Aethomys cf. lavocati rock rat Zelotomys leakeyi mouse Arvicanthus niloticus grass rat Tatera sp. Lataste 1882 large naked-soled gerbil Saccostomus sp. Peters 1846 pouched mouse Dasymys incomtus mouse originally entered as "Dasymys incomptus" Otomys sp. Cuvier 1824 mouse Thallomys sp. Thomas 1920 mouse Mastomys sp. Thomas 1915 mouse
Rodentia - Bathyergidae	Heterocephalus sp. Heterocephalus sp. Rüppell 1842 naked mole-rat
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Aonyx sp. Aonyx sp. Lesson 1827 clawless otter
Carnivora - Viverridae	Viverridae indet. Viverridae indet. Gray 1821 civet ETE occurrence; species: Viverridae
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffa jumae Giraffa jumae Leakey 1967 giraffe
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Alcelaphini indet., Alcelaphini "indet. large", Antidorcas sp., Bovini indet., Tragelaphini indet., Tragelaphus sp., Tragelaphus cf. arkelli Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini Alcelaphini "indet. large" Brookes 1876 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini-lg Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovini Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tragelaphini Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope Tragelaphus cf. arkelli Leakey 1965 antelope
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Kolpochoerus limnetes, Metridiochoerus compactus, Metridiochoerus modestus Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig Metridiochoerus compactus Van Hoepen and Van Hoepen 1932 pig Metridiochoerus modestus van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 pig
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	Hippopotamus gorgops Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928 hippo
Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae	"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium "Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus oldowayensis, Hipparion cf. ethiopicum Equus oldowayensis horse Hipparion cf. ethiopicum hipparionine horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Diceros bicornis, Ceratotherium simum Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
Bivalvia
Unionida - Unionidae	Unio indet. Unio indet. Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name