Also known as ETE Locality 529, Elandsfontein,
Where: South Africa (33.1° S, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° S, 18.1° E)
When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: 0 radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 415, 412, 409, 123, 121, 104, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: Q. B. Hendey. 1974. The Late Cenozoic Carnivora of the South-Western Cape Province. Annals of the South African Museum 63:1-369 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 21711: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.08.1995, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Reptilia | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Squamata indet. squamates | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
"Struthio australis" = Struthio camelus australis
"Struthio australis" = Struthio camelus australis Gurney 1868 common ostrich | |
Mammalia | |
"Simopithecus oswaldi" = Theropithecus oswaldi
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Hystrix cf. afrucaseaustralis porcupine | |
Bathyergidae indet. Waterhouse 1841 mole rat
Georychus cf. capensis Pallas 1778 Cape mole-rat
Bathyergus suillus Schreber 1787 Cape dune mole rat | |
Otomys cf. saundersiae mouse
Parotomys cf. brantsi mouse | |
Lepus cf. capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare | |
Libytherium olduvaiense placental | |
Bovidae indet., Antidorcas cf. marsupialis, Hippotragus cf. leucophaeus, "? Damaliscus niro" = Hippotragus niro, Hippotragus gigas, Raphicerus sp., Alcelaphini indet., Megalotragus eucornutus, Connochaetes sp., ? Beatragus sp., "Redunca" aff. arundinum, Gazella sp., "Gazella" cf. wellsi, Taurotragus aff. oryx, Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Antidorcas cf. marsupialis Zimmerman 1780 springbok
Hippotragus cf. leucophaeus Pallas 1766 bluebuck
"? Damaliscus niro" = Hippotragus niro Hopwood 1936 antelope
Hippotragus gigas Leakey 1965 antelope
Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope
Megalotragus eucornutus antelope
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
? Beatragus sp. Heller 1912 hirola
"Redunca" aff. arundinum Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
"Gazella" cf. wellsi gazelle
Taurotragus aff. oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Manis sp. Linnaeus 1758 pangolin | |
cf. Suricata sp. Desmarest 1804 meerkat | |
Crocuta crocuta, "Hyaena brunnea" = Parahyaena brunnea
"Hyaena brunnea" = Parahyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena | |
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821 civet | |
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Canidae indet., "Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal | |
Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger | |
""Archidiskodon" broomi" = Mammuthus, "Loxodonta" zulu
""Archidiskodon" broomi" = Mammuthus mammoth
"Loxodonta" zulu African elephant |