Also known as DFT n
Where: South Africa (33.7° S, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 33.7° S, 18.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• around 330 ka
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic, bone collector
Primary reference: G. A. Avery and R. G. Klein. 2011. Review of fossil phocid and otariid seals from the southern and western coasts of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 66(1):14-24 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 115225: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Bathyergus suillus Schreber 1787 Cape dune mole rat | |
Otomys sp. Cuvier 1824 mouse | |
Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope
Pelorovis antiquus Duvernoy 1851 antelope | |
Arctocephalus pusillus Schreber 1778 brown fur seal | |
Reptilia | |
Chersina angulata Schweigger 1812 South African bowsprit tortoise | |
Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758 snake | |
Aves | |
Corvus albus Muller 1776 pied crow | |
Spheniscus demersus Linnaeus 1758 African penguin | |
Macronectes sp. Richmond 1905 giant petrel | |
Pternistis capensis Gmelin 1789 cape francolin |