Also known as ETE Locality 713, Makwe Rock Shelter,
Where: Zambia (14.4° S, 31.9° E: paleocoordinates 14.4° S, 31.9° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: on charcoal; dates range from 750 AD +-80 to 3480 BC +- 140 radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: cave
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: D. W. Phillipson. 1976. The Prehistory of Eastern Zambia. Memoir of the British Institute in Eastern Africa 6 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21894: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by Richard Potts and John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Galago senegalensis Geoffroy 1796 Senegal bushbaby | |
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human | |
"Cercopithecus aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops
"Cercopithecus aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops Linnaeus 1758 vervet monkey | |
Pelomys fallax, Saccostomus campestris, Thallomys paedulcus, Dasymys incomtus, Praomys natalensis, Lemniscomys griselda, Tatera valida, Tatera leucogaster, Thamnomys dolichurus, Aethomys chrysophilus, Aethomys kaiseriwalambae
Pelomys fallax groove-toothed swamp rat
Saccostomus campestris pouched mouse
Thallomys paedulcus mouse
Dasymys incomtus mouse
Praomys natalensis African soft-furred rat
Lemniscomys griselda striped grass mouse
Tatera valida large naked-soled gerbil
Tatera leucogaster large naked-soled gerbil
Thamnomys dolichurus mouse
Aethomys chrysophilus rock rat
Aethomys kaiseriwalambae rock rat | |
Dendromus mystacalis African climbing mice | |
Graphiurus murinus Desmarest 1822 dormouse | |
Paraxerus cepapi African Bush Squirrel | |
Thryonomys swinderianus Temminck 1827 greater cane rat | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Cryptomys lugardi mole rat | |
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758 dog | |
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion | |
Herpestes sanguineus Rüppell 1835 slender mongoose | |
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra | |
Aepyceros melampus, Oreotragus oreotragus, Sylvicapra grimmia, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Connochaetes taurinus, Redunca arundinum, Capra hircus, Syncerus caffer, Bos taurus, Taurotragus oryx, Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest
Redunca arundinum Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck
Capra hircus Linnaeus 1758 domestic goat
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog | |
Crocidura hirta white-toothed shrew
Crocidura luna white-toothed shrew
Crocidura bicolor white-toothed shrew | |
Heterohyrax brucei Gray 1868 rock hyrax | |
Elephantulus brachyrhynchus Smith 1834 Short-snouted elephant shrew | |
Tadarida sp. Rafinesque 1814 free-tailed bat | |
Reptilia | |
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820 monitor lizard | |
Actinopteri | |
Clarias gariepinus catfish | |
Gastropoda | |
Achatina indet. Lamarck 1799 slug ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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Tubothalamea | |
Angiospermae | |
Zea mays Linnaeus 1753 maize | |