Elandsfontein (Cutting 10): Pleistocene, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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1 individual | |||||||||
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Chelonia | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta africana
(Blumenbach 1797)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis mesomelas
Schreber 1775
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Lupulella mesomelas | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera leo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus zebra
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 individual | |||||||||
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Rhinocerotidae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Raphicerus sp.
Smith 1827
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1 individual | |||||||||
Damaliscus niro
(Hopwood 1936)
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1 individual | |||||||||
original and current combination Hippotragus niro | ||||||||||
Damaliscus hunteri
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1 individual | |||||||||
Damaliscus sp.
Sclater and Thomas 1894
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1 individual | |||||||||
Connochaetes sp.
(Lichtenstein 1812)
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6 individuals | |||||||||
Redunca arundinum
(Boddaert 1785)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
original and current combination Antilope arundinum | ||||||||||
Antidorcas sp.
Sundevall 1847
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Taurotragus oryx
(Pallas 1766)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Pelorovis sp.
Reck 1928
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3 individuals | |||||||||
unclassified
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Megalotragus priscus
(Broom 1909)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
original and current combination Bubalis priscus | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | South Africa |
Coordinates: | 33.1° South, 18.3° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 33.9° South, 18.1° East |
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
*Period: | Quaternary - Quaternary | *Epoch: | Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene - Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene |
Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: age based on fauna and artifacts (stone tools) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0 | |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: surface deposit of bones-waterhole |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
Collection size: | 27 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 487, 485, 482, 481, 479, 478, 454, 81, ; ETE museum list: |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 773, Elandsfontein (Cutting 10), | ||
Database number: | 21954 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, 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:
5232. | ETE 944 | R. G. Klein. 1988. The Archaeological Significance of Animal Bones from Acheulean Sites in Southern Africa. The African Archaeological Review 6:3-25 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |