Emambeni: Holocene, Swaziland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Cercopithecus aethiops
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Chlorocebus aethiops | ||||||||||
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Papio ursinus
(Kerr 1792)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus saxatilis
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54 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix africaeaustralis
Peters 1852
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Cephalophus monticola
Thunberg 1789
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Sylvicapra grimmia
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Redunca fulvorufula
(Afzelius 1815)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Oreotragus oreotragus
(Zimmermann 1783)
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Ourebia ourebi
(Zimmerman 1783)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Antilope ourebi | ||||||||||
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Raphicerus campestris
(Thunberg 1811)
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| original and current combination Antilope campestris | ||||||||||
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Raphicerus sharpei
Thomas 1897
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Aepyceros melampus
(Lichtenstein 1812)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Alcelaphus sp.
Blainville 1816
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Damaliscus lunatus
(Burchell 1823)
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Gazella thomsoni
Gunther 1884
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| recombined as Eudorcas thomsoni | ||||||||||
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Syncerus caffer
(Sparman 1779)
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| original and current combination Bos caffer | ||||||||||
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Taurotragus oryx
(Pallas 1766)
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Tragelaphus strepsiceros
(Pallas 1766)
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Tragelaphus scriptus
(Pallas 1766)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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14 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae | ||||||||||
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Potamochoerus porcus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Pholidota
- Manidae
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Manis temmincki
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Procaviidae
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Procavia capensis
(Pallas 1766)
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31 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Swaziland |
| Coordinates: | 26.8° South, 31.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.8° South, 31.8° East |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | *Epoch: | holocene |
| *International age/stage: | Modern (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: late Holocene, age based on artifacts radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: dolomite shelter with limestone deposits | |
| Environment: | cave |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: rock shelter | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Collection size: | 47 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 482, 481, 479, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 774, Emambeni, | ||
| Database number: | 21955 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1997-05-13 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-05-13 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5237. | ETE 949 | R. G. Klein. 1986. Later Stone Age Faunal Samples from Heuningneskrans Shelter (Transvaal) and Leopard's Hill Cave (Zambia). The South African Archaeological Bulletin 39:109-116 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |