ammonites
FLKI South-Bd I (Pleistocene to of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 1455, Frida Leakey Korongo S, Arch#44, Geol loc.45, FLKI South-Bd I,

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

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Olduvai Formation, Gelasian to Gelasian (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: max=1.87(base Bed I)min=1.749+/-.007(Tuff IF) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; silty claystone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: lake_margin ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "lrg salne,alklne lk"
• ETE rock type adj: silty, ETE lithology comments: "green/grey/brwn slty cly&cly,tuff"

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology

Primary reference: C. J. O. Harrison and C. A. Walker. 1976. A new fossil pelican from Olduvai. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 27:315-320 [K. Behrensmeyer/K. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] more details

PaleoDB collection 22615: authorized by Kay Behrensmeyer, entered by Kay Behrensmeyer on 28.06.2000