Scott's Cave: Holocene, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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| ETE occurrence; species: Reptilia | ||||||||||
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Chelonia | ||||||||||
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| ETE occurrence; species: Aves | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Procaviidae
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Procavia capensis
(Pallas 1766)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta africana
(Blumenbach 1797)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mellivora capensis
(Schreber 1776)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Genetta genetta
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Herpestidae
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Herpestes pulverulentus
Wagner 1839
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7 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Galerella pulverulenta | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis libyca
Forster 1780
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Felis caracal
Schreber 1776
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1 individual | |||||||||
| recombined as Caracal caracal | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Potamochoerus porcus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Oreotragus oreotragus
(Zimmermann 1783)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Raphicerus melanotis
Thunberg 1811
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11 individuals | |||||||||
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Cephalophus monticola
Thunberg 1789
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Ovis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Redunca fulvorufula
(Afzelius 1815)
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Tragelaphus strepsiceros
(Pallas 1766)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Tragelaphus scriptus
(Pallas 1766)
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Syncerus caffer
(Sparman 1779)
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| original and current combination Bos caffer | ||||||||||
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Bos taurus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus capensis
Linnaeus 1758
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Otomys sp.
Cuvier 1824
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo sapiens
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Pisces
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Pisces indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| synonym of Osteichthyes | ||||||||||
| ETE occurrence; species: Pisces | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa |
| Coordinates: | 33.7° South, 25.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.7° South, 25.7° East |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | *Epoch: | holocene |
| *International age/stage: | Holocene (minimum) | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 411190 +- 100; 360 +- 80; dates on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: cut into Enon conglomerate | |
| Environment: | cave |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0 | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Collection size: | 60 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 488, 483, 482, 478, 477, 456, 121, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 749, Scott's Cave, | ||
| Database number: | 21930 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts, J. Damuth |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1997-05-06 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-05-06 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5240. | ETE 952 | R. G. Klein and K. Scott. 1974. The Fauna of Scott's Cave, Gamtoos Valley, South-Eastern Cape Province. South African Journal of Science 70:186-187 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |