ammonites
Laetoli - Loc. 21 (Pliocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 611, Laetoli - Loc. 21,

Where: Tanzania (3.2° S, 35.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.4° S, 34.9° E)

When: Vogel River Series Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Max = base of upper unit of Laetoli Beds, Min = Tuff 8 radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology:

• ETE sed env 1: volcanic, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: alluvial plain, paleosol, airfall
• ETE rock type adj: aeolian, ETE lithology comments: 8875% aeolian, 20% airfall, 5% water-worked, LS, xenoliths, pelletoid - similar to Olduvai

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 104, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology

Primary reference: M. D. Leakey and J. M. Harris. 1987. Laetoli: a Pliocene Site in Northern Tanzania. Clarendon Press, Oxford, Great Britain [K. Behrensmeyer/K. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] more details

PaleoDB collection 21793: authorized by Kay Behrensmeyer, entered by Kay Behrensmeyer on 10.10.1995, edited by John Damuth