Also known as ETE Locality 714, Thandwe Rock Shelter,
Where: Zambia (13.8° S, 32.5° E: paleocoordinates 13.8° S, 32.5° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 63330 AD +- 115; 890 AD +- 110; 1060 AD +- 110; dates on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: cave; sandstone
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: D. W. Phillipson. 1976. The Prehistory of Eastern Zambia. Memoir of the British Institute in Eastern Africa 6 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21895: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1997, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Papio sp., "Cercopithecus aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777 baboon
"Cercopithecus aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops Linnaeus 1758 vervet monkey | |
Mus sp. Linnaeus 1758 house mouse | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Herpestes sanguineus Rüppell 1835 slender mongoose | |
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra | |
Bovidae indet., Ourebia ourebi, Raphicerus sharpei, Cephalophus sp., Sylvicapra sp., Connochaetes sp., Kobus ellipsiprymnus, Redunca sp., Syncerus caffer, Taurotragus oryx, Tragelaphus scriptus
Ourebia ourebi Zimmerman 1783 oribi
Raphicerus sharpei Thomas 1897 Sharpe's grysbok
Cephalophus sp. Smith 1827 duiker
Sylvicapra sp. Ogilby 1837 duiker
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Kobus ellipsiprymnus Ogilby 1833 waterbuck
Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck | |
Phacochoerus sp. Cuvier 1826 warthog | |
Dendrohyrax sp. Gray 1868 tree hyrax | |
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark | |
Reptilia | |
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Varanus sp. Merrem 1820 monitor lizard |