Also known as ETE Locality 895, Matupi Cave - Unit Matupi II,
Where: Congo-Kinshasa (1.4° N, 29.8° E: paleocoordinates 1.3° N, 29.8° E)
When: Unit Matupi II Member, Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "max=21350 +/- 3500y BP,TL date from 120 cm bel surf;min=2910 +/- 75y BP,C14 date from 30 cm bel surf" radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: cave
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 487, 485, 483, 478, 477, 454, 81, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: W. Van Neer. 1990. Les faunes de vertebres quaternaires en Afrique centrale. Paysages quat. de Afrique centrale atlantique,R.Lanfranchi(ed),Paris 195-220 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 22074: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 24.02.1999, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Homorus indet., Atherus africanus, Subuliniscus indet., Pseudopeas indet., Gonaxis pusillus, Ptychotrema quadrinotatum, Cephalphus sylvicultur, Helixarion indet.
Homorus indet. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Subuliniscus indet. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Pseudopeas indet. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Helixarion indet. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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Amphibia | |
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Mammalia | |
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Scutisorex somereni white-toothed shrew | |
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni Thomas 1904 giant forest hog
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog | |
Okapia johnstoni Sclater 1901 okapi | |
Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Alcelaphini indet., Hippotragus sp., cf. Hippotragus sp., Cephalophus sp., cf. Cephalophus sp., Cephalophus monticola, Reduncini indet., Kobus kob, Redunca sp., Redunca redunca, Neotragus batesi, Oreotragus oreotragus, Ourebia ourebi, cf. Ourebia ourebi, Tragelaphus sp., Tragelaphus scriptus, Tragelaphus eurycerus, "Tragelaphus spekei" = Tragelaphus spekii, Syncerus caffer
Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope
cf. Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope
Cephalophus sp. Smith 1827 duiker
cf. Cephalophus sp. Smith 1827 duiker
Cephalophus monticola Thunberg 1789 blue duiker
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini
Kobus kob Erxleben 1777 kob
Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck
Redunca redunca Hamilton Smith 1827 bohor reedbuck
Neotragus batesi antelope
Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer
Ourebia ourebi Zimmerman 1783 oribi
cf. Ourebia ourebi Zimmerman 1783 oribi
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
Tragelaphus eurycerus Ogilby 1837 bongo
"Tragelaphus spekei" = Tragelaphus spekii Sclater 1864 sitatunga
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo | |
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Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine | |
"Felis serval" = Caracal serval, Panthera pardus
"Felis serval" = Caracal serval Schreber 1776 serval
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
Atilax paludinosus Cuvier 1829 marsh mongoose | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat
Thryonomys swinderianus Temminck 1827 greater cane rat
Thryonomys gregorianus Thomas 1894 Lesser cane rat | |
Cricetomys sp. Waterhouse 1840 giant pouched rat | |
Dasymys incomtus mouse | |
Funisciurus sp. Trouessart 1880 Rope Squirrel
Protoxerus stangeri African giant squirrel | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Leporidae
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Galagoides demidovii galago | |
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecus sp. Linnaeus 1758 monkey
Papio anubis Cuvier 1824 olive baboon | |
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Rousettus angolensis rousette
Rousettus sp. Gray 1821 rousette
Rousettus aegyptiacus Geoffroy 1810 Egyptian rousette | |
Procavia sp. Storr 1780 Cape hyrax
"Procavia johnstoni" = Procavia capensis johnstoni Thomas 1894 Cape hyrax | |
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant | |
Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 aardvark | |
Reptilia | |
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Aves | |
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Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich | |
Caprimulgus sp. Linnaeus 1758 nightjar | |
Columba sp. Linnaeus 1758 dove | |
Francolinus sp. Stephens 1819 francolin | |
Reptilia | |
Kinixys sp. Bell 1827 hingeback tortoise
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
Gastropoda | |
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Bivalvia | |
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Bacillariophyceae | |
Trichotoxon cf. ruwenzoriense diatom ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
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