Where: South Africa (33.3° S, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.4° S, 18.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• middle stone age
Environment/lithology: cave; calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic
Primary reference: G. Avery, D. Halkett, J. Orton, T. Steele, M. Tusenius and R. Klein. 2008. The Ysterfontein 1 Middle Stone Age rock shelter and the evolution of coastal foraging. South African Archaeological Society Goodwin Series 10:66-89 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 115205: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Reptilia | |
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Serpentes indet. snake | |
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Chersina angulata Schweigger 1812 South African bowsprit tortoise
Homopus signatus Gmelin 1789 Speckled tortoise | |
| Mammalia | |
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Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax | |
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Arctocephalus pusillus Schreber 1778 brown fur seal | |
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Mirounga leonina Linnaeus 1758 southern elephant seal | |
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Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger | |
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal | |
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Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena | |
Felis libyca, "Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal
Felis libyca Forster 1780 African wildcat | |
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Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
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Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros | |
Bovidae indet., Raphicerus sp., Raphicerus campestris, Hippotragus leucophaeus, Connochaetes gnou, Redunca arundinum, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Taurotragus oryx, Pelorovis antiquus
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Hippotragus leucophaeus Pallas 1766 bluebuck
Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann 1780 black wildebeest
Redunca arundinum Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Pelorovis antiquus Duvernoy 1851 antelope | |
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Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
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Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine | |
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Bathyergus suillus Schreber 1787 Cape dune mole rat | |