Lang. Baards Quarry-ind assem. (Miocene to of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 1053, Langebaanweg, "Baard's Quarry, indet.",

Where: South Africa (33.0° S, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.4° S, 16.7° E)

When: Bredasdorp & Varswater Formation, Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Dating by correl w/radiom dated sites

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: coastal, ETE sed env 2: estuary ETE event: ., ETE env comment: eolian and coastal seds
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "calc, phos, qrtzose&gravelly sands"

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 921, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: C. Denys. 1990. Phylogenetic affinities of the oldest East African OtFirst occurrence of Xerus cf. inauris (Rodentia, Mammalia) at Olduvai Bed I (Lower Pleistocene, Tanzania). Palaont. Z. 64:359-365 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22230: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 04.06.1999, edited by Hannah O'Regan

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus subplanifrons
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus cf. helmei
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros sp.
Diceros sp. Gray 1821 black rhino
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
Libytherium olduvaiense
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa cf. gracilis
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella sp., Redunca cf. ancystrocera
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Redunca cf. ancystrocera Arambourg 1947 reedbuck
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet.
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Felidae
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Parahyaena cf. brunnea
Parahyaena cf. brunnea Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE occurrence; species: Chelonia