Duinefontein North (Pleistocene of South Africa)

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
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Bathyergus suillus Schreber 1787 Cape dune mole rat
 Rodentia - Muridae
Otomys sp. Cuvier 1824 mouse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope
Pelorovis antiquus Duvernoy 1851 antelope
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Arctocephalus pusillus Schreber 1778 brown fur seal
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Chersina angulata Schweigger 1812 South African bowsprit tortoise
 Squamata -
Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758 snake
Aves
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus albus Muller 1776 pied crow
 Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Spheniscus demersus Linnaeus 1758 African penguin
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Macronectes sp. Richmond 1905 giant petrel
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Pternistis capensis Gmelin 1789 cape francolin