NORTHERN TANZANIA
OLDUVAI GORGE
FROM THE SURFACE OF MIDDLE BED I BETWEEN TUFFS 1B AND 1C
PLIOCENE EPOCH
UPPER NEOGENE PERIOD
LOWER QUATERNARY SUBERA-PLEISTOCENE EPOCH
UPPER QUATERNARY SUBERA
UPPER CENOZOIC ERA
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990
COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988
MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974
SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968
GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930
MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983
ORDER: EUSUCHIA emend HUXLEY, 1875
INFRAORDER: CROCODYLIA emend GMELIN, 1877
PARVORDER: BREVIROSTRES
Superfamily: CROCODILOIDEA Cuvier, 1807 (sensu Fitzinger, 1826)
Family: CROCODYLIDAE Cuvier, 1807
Subfamily: CROCODYLIDINAE Cuvier, 1807
*Crocodilus anthropophagus
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NORTHERN TANZANIA
OLDUVAI GORGE
CROCODILE KORONGO (CROC K)
FROM BED III OR IV
PLIOCENE EPOCH
UPPER NEOGENE PERIOD
LOWER QUATERNARY SUBERA-PLEISTOCENE EPOCH
UPPER QUATERNARY SUBERA
UPPER CENOZOIC ERA
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990
COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988
MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974
SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968
GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930
MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983
ORDER: EUSUCHIA emend HUXLEY, 1875
INFRAORDER: CROCODYLIA emend GMELIN, 1877
PARVORDER: BREVIROSTRES
Superfamily: CROCODILOIDEA Cuvier, 1807 (sensu Fitzinger, 1826)
Family: CROCODYLIDAE Cuvier, 1807
Subfamily: CROCODYLIDINAE Cuvier, 1807
Crocodilus anthropophagus
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NORTHERN TANZANIA
OLDUVAI GORGE
BELL'S KORONGO (BKII) CHANNEL
PLIOCENE EPOCH
UPPER NEOGENE PERIOD
LOWER QUATERNARY SUBERA-PLEISTOCENE EPOCH
UPPER QUATERNARY SUBERA
UPPER CENOZOIC ERA
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990
COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988
MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974
SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968
GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930
MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983
ORDER: EUSUCHIA emend HUXLEY, 1875
INFRAORDER: CROCODYLIA emend GMELIN, 1877
PARVORDER: BREVIROSTRES
Superfamily: CROCODILOIDEA Cuvier, 1807 (sensu Fitzinger, 1826)
Family: CROCODYLIDAE Cuvier, 1807
Subfamily: CROCODYLIDINAE Cuvier, 1807
Crocodilus anthropophagus
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NORTHERN TANZANIA
OLDUVAI GORGE
FRIDA LEAKEY KORONGO NORTH I (FLKN)
UPPER BED 1
PLIOCENE EPOCH
UPPER NEOGENE PERIOD
LOWER QUATERNARY SUBERA-PLEISTOCENE EPOCH
UPPER QUATERNARY SUBERA
UPPER CENOZOIC ERA
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990
COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988
MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974
SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968
GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930
MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983
ORDER: EUSUCHIA emend HUXLEY, 1875
INFRAORDER: CROCODYLIA emend GMELIN, 1877
PARVORDER: BREVIROSTRES
Superfamily: CROCODILOIDEA Cuvier, 1807 (sensu Fitzinger, 1826)
Family: CROCODYLIDAE Cuvier, 1807
Subfamily: CROCODYLIDINAE Cuvier, 1807
Crocodilus anthropophagus
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NORTHERN TANZANIA
OLDUVAI GORGE
DOUGLAS KORONGO
TRENCH 1B (DK 1B)
PLIOCENE EPOCH
UPPER NEOGENE PERIOD
LOWER QUATERNARY SUBERA-PLEISTOCENE EPOCH
UPPER QUATERNARY SUBERA
UPPER CENOZOIC ERA
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990
COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988
MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974
SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968
GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930
MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983
ORDER: EUSUCHIA emend HUXLEY, 1875
INFRAORDER: CROCODYLIA emend GMELIN, 1877
PARVORDER: BREVIROSTRES
Superfamily: CROCODILOIDEA Cuvier, 1807 (sensu Fitzinger, 1826)
Family: CROCODYLIDAE Cuvier, 1807
Subfamily: CROCODYLIDINAE Cuvier, 1807
Crocodilus anthropophagus
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NORTHERN TANZANIA
OLDUVAI GORGE
SITE DK EAST (DK-E)
ABOUT 500 M EAST FROM THE MAIN LEAKEY DK TRENCHES
PLIOCENE EPOCH
UPPER NEOGENE PERIOD
LOWER QUATERNARY SUBERA-PLEISTOCENE EPOCH
UPPER QUATERNARY SUBERA
UPPER CENOZOIC ERA
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990
COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988
MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974
SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968
GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930
MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983
ORDER: EUSUCHIA emend HUXLEY, 1875
INFRAORDER: CROCODYLIA emend GMELIN, 1877
PARVORDER: BREVIROSTRES
Superfamily: CROCODILOIDEA Cuvier, 1807 (sensu Fitzinger, 1826)
Family: CROCODYLIDAE Cuvier, 1807
Subfamily: CROCODYLIDINAE Cuvier, 1807
Crocodilus anthropophagus
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