Also known as ETE Locality 743, Leopard's Hill Cave,
Where: Zambia (15.4° S, 28.8° E: paleocoordinates 15.5° S, 28.7° E)
When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: dates on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: cave
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 488, 487, 483, 482, 481, 478, 477, 456, 121, 81, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: R. G. Klein. 1986. Later Stone Age Faunal Samples from Heuningneskrans Shelter (Transvaal) and Leopard's Hill Cave (Zambia). The South African Archaeological Bulletin 39:109-116 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21924: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 06.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Lepus saxatilis hare | |
Thryonomys swinderianus Temminck 1827 greater cane rat | |
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine | |
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas, Otocyon megalotis
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal
Otocyon megalotis Desmarest 1822 bat-eared fox | |
Aonyx capensis Schinz 1821 African clawless otter
Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger | |
"Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal Schreber 1776 caracal
"Felis serval" = Caracal serval Schreber 1776 serval
Felis libyca Forster 1780 African wildcat | |
Mungos mungo Gmelin 1788 banded mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus 1758 Egyptian mongoose | |
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
Genetta genetta Linnaeus 1758 common genet | |
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Aepyceros melampus, Raphicerus sharpei, Sylvicapra grimmia, Alcelaphus sp., Damaliscus lunatus, Connochaetes taurinus, "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, Syncerus caffer, Taurotragus oryx, Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Raphicerus sharpei Thomas 1897 Sharpe's grysbok
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
Alcelaphus sp. Blainville 1816 hartebeest
Damaliscus lunatus Burchell 1823 common tsessebe
Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest
"Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni Gunther 1884 Thomson's gazelle
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog | |
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax
Heterohyrax brucei Gray 1868 rock hyrax | |
Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 aardvark |