Waypoint 160 (Pliocene of South Africa)

Also known as Bolt's Farm area

Where: Gauteng, South Africa (26.0° S, 27.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° S, 27.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: karst; dolomite

• "plusieurs blocs d'une brèche fossilifère récoltés dans le crassier jouxtant l'entrée du site" (a dolomite quarry)

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, salvage, chemical, sieve,

• prepared with acetic acid and sieved

•material reposited in the Transvaal Museum

Primary reference: F. Sénégas and J. Michaux. 2000. Boltimys broomi gen. nov. (Rodentia, Mammalia), nouveau Muridae d'affinité incertaine du Pliocène inférieur d'Afrique du Sud. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Sciences de la Terre et des planètes 330:521-525 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68305: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 14.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

• at least one other rodent is present, and was described by Sénégas and Avery 1998
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Muridae
Boltimys broomi n. gen. n. sp.
Boltimys broomi n. gen. n. sp. Sénégas and Michaux 2000 mouse