Swartlintjies 1: Middle Pleistocene, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Viperidae
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? Viperidae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudinidae indet.
Batsch 1788
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta sp.
Cuvier 1825
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Bathyergidae
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Cryptomys sp.
Gray 1964
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Paraxerus inuus
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Pronolagus sp.
Lyon 1904
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Sivatheridae
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Sivatherium maurusium
(Pomel 1893)
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| original and current combination Libytherium maurusium | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Namaqualand |
| Coordinates: | 30.3° South, 17.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.3° South, 17.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle Pleistocene (Acheulean) |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 51188 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-05-31 13:14:48 | Last modified: | 2006-08-16 16:24:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-31 13:14:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13638. | M. Pickford and B. Senut. 1997. Cainozoic mammals from coastal Namaqualand, South Africa. Paleontologia Africana 34:199-217 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |