Hoedjiespunt 1 (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Also known as HDP1

Where: South Africa (33.0° S, 18.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.0° S, 18.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate, bone collector

Primary reference: D. D. Stynder, J. Moggi-Cecchi, L. R. Berger and J. E. Parkington. 2001. Human mandibular incisors from the late Middle Pleistocene locality of Hoedjiespunt 1, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution 41:369-383 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 115188: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.08.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Patella sp.
Patella sp. Linnaeus 1758 limpet
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Connochaetes gnou, Alcelaphus buselaphus
Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann 1780 black wildebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
 Carnivora - Phocidae
"Lobodon carcinophagus" = Lobodon carcinophaga
"Lobodon carcinophagus" = Lobodon carcinophaga Hombron and Jacquinot 1843 crabeater seal
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Arctocephalus pusillus
Arctocephalus pusillus Schreber 1778 brown fur seal
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Chersina angulata
Chersina angulata Schweigger 1812 South African bowsprit tortoise
Aves
 Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Spheniscus demersus
Spheniscus demersus Linnaeus 1758 African penguin
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax capensis
Phalacrocorax capensis Sparrman 1788 cape cormorant