Lake Eyasi: Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Homoioceras nilssoni
Mammalia - Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomys swinderianus (Temminck 1827)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852
Mammalia - Rodentia - Pedetidae
Pedetes surdaster Thomas 1902
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercocebus sp. Geoffroy 1812
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera pardus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
Herpestes sanguineus Rüppell 1835
originally duplicated as "Mungos sangiuneus" and "Herpestes sangiuneus"
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Phacochoerus koiropotamus
Phacochoerus aethiopicus (Pallas 1766)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Taurotragus oryx (Pallas 1766)
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
Syncerus caffer (Sparman 1779)
original and current combination Bos caffer
Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Ogilby 1833)
original and current combination Antilope ellipsiprymnus
Kobus kob (Erxleben 1777)
Redunca redunca Hamilton Smith 1827
Aepyceros sp. Sundevall 1847
Aepyceros suara
Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
Gazella granti Brooke 1872
recombined as Nanger granti
Gazella thomsoni Gunther 1884
recombined as Eudorcas thomsoni
Hippotragus equinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803)
original and current combination Antilope equina
Oryx gazella (Linnaeus 1758)
Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell 1823)
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894
Cephalophus sp. Smith 1827
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
Diceros bicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus quagga Boddaert 1785
Equus burchelli Gray 1824
recombined as Equus quagga burchelli
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach 1797)
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania
Coordinates: 3.7° South, 35.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.7° South, 35.0° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Quaternary - Quaternary *Epoch:Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene - Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: based on overlying sediments and a calculated average rate of deposition radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: reddish, poorly consolidated sandstone
Environment:spring
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: spring ETE event: ., ETE env comment: lake basin
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:0 specimens
Reason for describing collection:archaeological analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 712, Lake Eyasi,
Database number:21893
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth
Modifier:J. Alroy
Created:1997-05-19 00:00:00 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:1997-05-19 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5226.ETE 938M. J. Mehlman. 1987. Provenience, Age and Associations of Archaic Homo Sapiens Crania fron Lake Eyasi, Tanzania. Journal of Archaeological Science 14:133-162 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]