ammonites
MNKII Main St-UpprBdII (Pleistocene of Tanzania)

Also known as ETE Locality 1463, Mary Nicol Karongo, Arch#71, Geol loc.88, MNKII Main St-UpprBdII,

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=1.749+/-0.007(Tuff IF)min=1.07(base of Masek Beds) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

• ETE sed env 1: fluv_lacustr, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "eastrn fluv-lac,shrnkng lk"
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

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: T. E. Cerling and R. L. Hay. 1986. An isotopic study of paleosol carbonates from Olduvai Gorge. Quaternary Research 25:63-78 [K. Behrensmeyer/K. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] more details

PaleoDB collection 22623: authorized by Kay Behrensmeyer, entered by Kay Behrensmeyer on 28.06.2000