Melkbos: Late/Upper Pleistocene, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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"Homoioceras" bainii
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Reptilia
- Struthioniformes
- Struthionidae
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Struthio australis
Gurney 1868
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| recombined as Struthio camelus australis | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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Hendey 1969 | |||||||||
| synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta africana
(Blumenbach 1797)
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Hendey 1969 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Bathyergidae
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Bathyergus suilus
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Otariidae
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Arctocephalus ? pusillus
(Schreber 1778)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Lobodon carcinophagus
(Hombron and Jacquinot 1843)
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Avery and Klein 2011 | |||||||||
| recombined as Lobodon carcinophaga | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena brunnea
Thunberg 1820
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| recombined as Parahyaena brunnea | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera leo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| aff. spelaea | ||||||||||
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Felis leo
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Panthera leo | ||||||||||
| aff. spelaea | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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cf. Canis mesomelas
Schreber 1775
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| recombined as Lupulella mesomelas | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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cf. Connochaetes sp.
(Lichtenstein 1812)
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Hendey 1969 | |||||||||
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Antidorcas cf. marsupialis
Zimmerman 1780
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Hendey 1969 | |||||||||
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Raphicerus sp.
Smith 1827
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Hendey 1969 | |||||||||
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Redunca aff. arundinum
(Boddaert 1785)
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Hendey 1969 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Antilope arundinum | ||||||||||
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cf. Hippotragus sp.
Sundevall 1845
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Syncerus sp.
Hodgson 1847
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Tragelaphus strpsiceros
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Hendey 1969 | |||||||||
| aff. grandis | ||||||||||
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Taurotragus oryx
(Pallas 1766)
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Hendey 1969 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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cf. Equus plicatus
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Diceros simus
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Diceros bicornis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Ceratotherium smum
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Hendey 1969 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa |
| Coordinates: | 33.7° South, 18.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.7° South, 18.4° East |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | *Epoch: | holocene |
| *International age/stage: | Modern (minimum) | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: 0 radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min; Middle Stone Age |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0 | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
| Geology comments: JA: originally entered as being from a "coastal" environment, but this apparently means terrestrial and near a coastline, so I have changed it to terrestrial indet. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,anthropogenic |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 0 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 418, 418, 417, 411, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 527, Melkbos, | ||
| Database number: | 21709 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | ||
| Created: | 1995-08-28 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-08-28 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37332. | Q. B. Hendey. 1968. The Melkbos Site: An Upper Pleistocene fossil occurrence in the south-western Cape Province. Annals of the South African Museum 52(4):89-119 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 37211 | G. A. Avery and R. G. Klein. 2011. Review of fossil phocid and otariid seals from the southern and western coasts of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 66(1):14-24 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 37298 | Q. B. Hendey. 1969. Quaternary vertebrate fossil sites in the south-western Cape Province. South African Archaeological Bulletin 24(95/96):96-105-114 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 4809 | ETE 518 | Q. B. Hendey. 1974. The Late Cenozoic Carnivora of the South-Western Cape Province. Annals of the South African Museum 63:1-369 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |