Swart Duinen (Pleistocene of South Africa)
Where: Namaqualand, South Africa (30.0° S, 17.2° E: paleocoordinates 30.0° S, 17.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Late Pleistocene
Environment/lithology: eolian
• calcareous aeolianites
Primary reference: M. Pickford and B. Senut. 1997. Cainozoic mammals from coastal Namaqualand, South Africa. Paleontologia Africana 34:199-217 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51187: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.05.2005
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Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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Pronolagus sp. Lyon 1904 rabbit | |
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Parotomys sp. Thomas 1918 mouse
Rhabdomys sp. Thomas 1916 striped mouse
Gerbillurus sp. Shortridge 1942 gerbil
Mastomys sp. Thomas 1915 mouse | |
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Mystromys sp. Wagner 1841 mouse | |
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Petromus sp. Smith 1831 rodent | |
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Bathyergus sp. Illiger 1811 dune mole rat | |
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Phocidae indet. Gray 1821 seal | |
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Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
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Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
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Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe | |
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Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok | |
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Chrysochloridae indet. Gray 1825 golden mole | |
| Reptilia | |
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Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
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? Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811 viper | |
| Aves | |
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Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich | |
| Amphibia | |
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? Ranidae indet. Rafinesque 1814 frog | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Trigonephrus sp. slug | |
| Insecta | |
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? Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle | |