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
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
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Mammalia | |
"cf. Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas2
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"Hyaena brunnea" = Parahyaena brunnea2
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"Lobodon carcinophagus" = Lobodon carcinophaga1
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Syncerus sp., Taurotragus oryx2, Tragelaphus strpsiceros2, Redunca aff. arundinum2, cf. Hippotragus sp., Raphicerus sp.2, Antidorcas cf. marsupialis2, cf. Connochaetes sp.2
Syncerus sp. Hodgson 1847 African buffalo
cf. Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Diceros simus black rhino | |
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Reptilia | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines2
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Aves | |
"Struthio australis" = Struthio camelus australis2
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