Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context Volume 2: Fossil Hominins and the Associated Fauna /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Harrison, Terry (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Paleontology.; Animal ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Earth Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Animal Ecology.

This volume 2 and its companion volume 1 present the results of new investigations into the geology, paleontology and paleoecology of the early hominin site of Laetoli in northern Tanzania. The site is one of the most important paleontological and paleoanthropological sites in Africa, worldrenowned...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Rodents
• 3 The lower third premolar of Serengetilagus praecapensis (Mammalia: Lagomorpha: Leporidae) from Laetoli, Tanzania
• 4 Macroscelidea
• 5 Galagidae (Lorisoidea, Primates)
• 6 Cercopithecids (Cercopithecidae, Primates)
• 7 Hominins from the Upper Laetolil and Upper Ndolanya Beds, Laetoli
• 8 Carnivora
• 9 Proboscidea
• 10 Orycteropodidae
• 11 Rhinoceroses
• 12 Equidae
• 13 Suidae
• 14 Giraffidae
• 15 Bovidae 16 Amphibia and Squamata
• 17 Tortoises (Chelonii, Testudinidae)
• 18 Aves
• 19 Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera)
• 20 Lepidoptera, Insecta
• 21 Trace fossils interpreted in relation to the extant termite fauna at Laetoli, Tanzania
• 22 Gastropoda.