Eland's Bay Cave (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Also known as Elands Bay Cave

Where: South Africa (32.3° S, 18.3° E: paleocoordinates 32.3° S, 18.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Primary reference: R. C. Klein and K. Cruz-Uribe. 1987. Large mammal and tortoise bones from Eland's Bay Cave and nearby sites, Western Cape Province, South Africa. BAR International Series 332(I):132-163 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 90070: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.07.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Bathyergidae indet. Waterhouse 1841 mole rat
molerate
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystricidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 porcupine
porcupine
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
hare
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human
people
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog
hedgehog
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
steenbok
Raphicerus sharpei Thomas 1897 Sharpe's grysbok
grysbok
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
buffalo
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
wildcat
Caracal sp. Gray 1843 cat
caracal
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
Herpestes sp. Illliger 1811 mongoose
grey mongoose
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
polecate
Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger
honey badger
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Otariidae indet. eared seal
fur seal
Arctocephalus pusillus Schreber 1778 brown fur seal
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
jackal/dog
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax
rock hyrax
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark
aardvark
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
tortoise