Melkbos (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 527, Melkbos,

Where: South Africa (33.7° S, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 33.7° S, 18.4° E)

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: 0 radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min; Middle Stone Age

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• JA: originally entered as being from a "coastal" environment, but this apparently means terrestrial and near a coastline, so I have changed it to terrestrial indet.
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Collection methods: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 418, 418, 417, 411, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: Q. B. Hendey. 1968. The Melkbos Site: An Upper Pleistocene fossil occurrence in the south-western Cape Province. Annals of the South African Museum 52(4):89-119 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 21709: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.08.1995, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Bathyergus suilus2 dune mole rat
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros simus black rhino
Diceros bicornis2 Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
Ceratotherium smum2 white rhino
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius2 Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Raphicerus sp.2 Smith 1827 antelope
Antidorcas cf. marsupialis2 Zimmerman 1780 springbok
cf. Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope
cf. Connochaetes sp.2 Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Redunca aff. arundinum2 Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck
Tragelaphus strpsiceros2 antelope
aff. grandis
Taurotragus oryx2 Pallas 1766 common eland
Syncerus sp. Hodgson 1847 African buffalo
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Panthera leo" = Panthera leo2, "Felis leo" = Panthera leo
"Panthera leo" = Panthera leo2 Linnaeus 1758 lion
aff. spelaea
"Felis leo" = Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion
aff. spelaea
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
"Hyaena brunnea" = Parahyaena brunnea2
"Hyaena brunnea" = Parahyaena brunnea2 Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Arctocephalus ? pusillus2 Schreber 1778 brown fur seal
 Carnivora - Phocidae
"Lobodon carcinophagus" = Lobodon carcinophaga1
"Lobodon carcinophagus" = Lobodon carcinophaga1 Hombron and Jacquinot 1843 crabeater seal
 Carnivora - Canidae
"cf. Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas2
"cf. Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas2 Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta africana2 Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines2
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines2 Batsch 1788 turtle
Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
"Struthio australis" = Struthio camelus australis2
"Struthio australis" = Struthio camelus australis2 Gurney 1868 common ostrich