Kathu Pan: Calabrian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas recki
Dietrich 1915
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| recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Phacochoerus aethiopicus
(Pallas 1766)
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Giraffa camelopardalis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Antidorcas bondi
(Cooke and Wells 1951)
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| original and current combination Gazella bondi | |||||||
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Syncerus caffer
(Sparman 1779)
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| original and current combination Bos caffer | |||||||
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Pelorovis antiquus
(Duvernoy 1851)
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Tragelaphus strepsiceros
(Pallas 1766)
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Taurotragus oryx
(Pallas 1766)
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Damaliscus sp.
Sclater and Thomas 1894
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Alcelaphus buselaphus
Pallas 1766
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Connochaetes gnou
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion libycum
Pomel 1897
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Equus capensis
Broom 1909
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Equus burchelli
Gray 1824
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| recombined as Equus quagga burchelli | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell 1821)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus capensis
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix africaeaustralis
Peters 1852
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unclassified
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Pedetes capensis
(Forster 1778)
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| original and current combination Yerbua capensis | |||||||
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Antidorcas recki
(Schwartz 1932)
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| original and current combination Adenota recki | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | South Africa |
| Coordinates: | 27.7° South, 23.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.7° South, 23.7° East |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Calabrian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Quaternary - Quaternary | *Epoch: | Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene (minimum) |
| Key time interval: | Calabrian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 1.80000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: One C14 date at 32000 years on charcoal; age basedon artifacts and fauna radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: silty sands | |
| Environment: | spring |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: spring ETE event: flood, ETE env comment: spring site | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Collection size: | 0 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 477, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 742, Kathu Pan, | ||
| Database number: | 21923 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts, J. Damuth |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1997-05-19 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-05-19 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5214. | ETE 926 | R. G. Klein. 1979. Paleoenvironmental and Cultural Implications of Late Holocene Archaeological Faunas from the Orange Free State and North Central Cape Province, South Africa. South African Archaeological Bulletin 34:34-49 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |