Also known as ETE Locality 715, Doornfontein 1,
Where: South Africa (28.2° S, 23.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.2° S, 23.3° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 391120 +- 40; 130 +-80; dates on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: cave; sandstone
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: P. B. Beaumont and A. K. Boshier. 1974. Report on Test Excavations in a Prehistoric Pigment Mine near Postmasburg, North Cape. South African Archaeological Bulletin 29:41-59 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21896: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Achatina indet. Lamarck 1799 slug ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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Reptilia | |
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
Aves | |
Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich | |
Mammalia | |
Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832 white-toothed shrew | |
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion
Felis libyca Forster 1780 African wildcat | |
Vulpes chama Smith 1833 Cape fox
Otocyon megalotis Desmarest 1822 bat-eared fox | |
Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758 giraffe | |
Oreotragus oreotragus, Raphicerus campestris, Sylvicapra grimmia, Oryx gazella, Hippotragus leucophaeus, Hippotragus equinus, Aepyceros melampus, Antidorcas marsupialis, Connochaetes taurinus, Redunca arundinum, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Syncerus caffer
Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
Oryx gazella Linnaeus 1758 gemsbok
Hippotragus leucophaeus Pallas 1766 bluebuck
Hippotragus equinus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803 roan antelope
Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Antidorcas marsupialis Zimmerman 1780 springbok
Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest
Redunca arundinum Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo | |
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra | |
Cryptomys hottentotus Lesson 1826 common mole rat | |
Dendromus sp. Smith 1829 African climbing mice
Mystromys albicaudatus mouse | |
Saccostomus sp., Aethomys namaquensis, Tatera brantsi, Tatera leucogaster, Gerbillus sp., Otomys irroratus
Saccostomus sp. Peters 1846 pouched mouse
Aethomys namaquensis rock rat
Tatera brantsi large naked-soled gerbil
Tatera leucogaster large naked-soled gerbil
Gerbillus sp. Desmarest 1804 gerbil
Otomys irroratus mouse | |
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon | |
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human |