Matupi Cave - Unit Matupi II: Pleistocene - Holocene, Congo-Kinshasa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Homorus indet.
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Atherus africanus
5 specimens
Subuliniscus indet.
11 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Pseudopeas indet.
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gonaxis pusillus
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
Ptychotrema quadrinotatum
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
Cephalphus sylvicultur
1 specimen
Helixarion indet.
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Bacillariophyceae - Thalassionematales - Thalassionemataceae
Trichotoxon cf. ruwenzoriense
83 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
Gastropoda - Maizaniidae
Maizania cf. elatior
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Achatinidae
Limicolaria saturata
166 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
Bivalvia - Unionida - Etheriidae
Etheria elliptica Lamarck 1807
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
Amphibia
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Anura
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
19 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rodentia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
32 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758
8 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867
146 specimens
Thryonomys gregorianus Thomas 1894
6 specimens
Thryonomys swinderianus (Temminck 1827)
7 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Funisciurus sp. Trouessart 1880
1 specimen
Protoxerus stangeri
1 specimen
Mammalia - Rodentia - Nesomyidae
Cricetomys sp. Waterhouse 1840
3 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Dasymys incomtus
1 specimen
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
93 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Leporidae
Mammalia - Primates - Galagidae
Galagoides demidovii
1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821
40 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae
Papio anubis (Cuvier 1824)
3 specimens
Cercopithecus sp. (Linnaeus 1758)
4 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: sapiens
Mammalia - Soricidae
Scutisorex somereni
1 specimen
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Pteropodidae
Rousettus angolensis
3 specimens
Rousettus sp. Gray 1821
91 specimens
Rousettus aegyptiacus Geoffroy 1810
30 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Rhinocerotidae
Mammalia - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821
104 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni Thomas 1904
11 specimens
Phacochoerus aethiopicus (Pallas 1766)
26 specimens
Potamochoerus porcus (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
371 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Murinae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
556 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae size II
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
95 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae size III
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae size Ia
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
183 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae size Ib
Ourebia ourebi (Zimmerman 1783)
55 specimens
original and current combination Antilope ourebi
cf. Ourebia ourebi (Zimmerman 1783)
11 specimens
original and current combination Antilope ourebi
Oreotragus oreotragus (Zimmermann 1783)
1 specimen
Neotragus batesi
2 specimens
Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845
8 specimens
cf. Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845
4 specimens
Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876
7 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini
Cephalophus sp. Smith 1827
6 specimens
cf. Cephalophus sp. Smith 1827
4 specimens
Cephalophus monticola Thunberg 1789
10 specimens
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini
Kobus kob (Erxleben 1777)
29 specimens
Redunca sp. Smith 1827
Redunca redunca Hamilton Smith 1827
27 specimens
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816
11 specimens
Tragelaphus scriptus (Pallas 1766)
7 specimens
Tragelaphus eurycerus Ogilby 1837
2 specimens
Tragelaphus spekei (Sclater 1864)
2 specimens
original and current combination Tragelaphus spekii
Syncerus caffer (Sparman 1779)
46 specimens
original and current combination Bos caffer
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Okapia johnstoni Sclater 1901
1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera pardus (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Felis serval Schreber 1776
1 specimen
recombined as Caracal serval
Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
Atilax paludinosus (Cuvier 1829)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procaviidae indet. Thomas 1892
267 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Procaviidae
Procavia sp. Storr 1780
43 specimens
Procavia johnstoni Thomas 1894
recombined as Procavia capensis johnstoni
Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus afer (Pallas 1766)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach 1797)
2 specimens
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
149 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Testudines
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788
9 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Testudinidae
Kinixys sp. Bell 1827
1 specimen
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Reptilia - Ophidia
Ophidia indet. Latreille 1804
ETE occurrence; species: Ophidia
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: Passeriformes
Reptilia - Caprimulgiformes - Caprimulgidae
Caprimulgus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811
ETE occurrence; species: Columbidae
Columba sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Francolinus sp. Stephens 1819
see common names

Geography
Country:Congo-Kinshasa
Coordinates: 1.4° North, 29.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.3° North, 29.8° East
Time
Period:Quaternary
*Epoch:Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene
*International age/stage:Holocene (minimum)
Key time interval:Pleistocene - Holocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Member:Unit Matupi II
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "max=21350 +/- 3500y BP,TL date from 120 cm bel surf;min=2910 +/- 75y BP,C14 date from 30 cm bel surf" radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: buff-brown soil and brown loam
Environment:cave
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: ., ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: soils deposited on cave floor
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying
Collection size:2845 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 487, 485, 483, 478, 477, 454, 81, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 895, Matupi Cave - Unit Matupi II,
Database number:22074
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth, R. Potts
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1999-02-24 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-25 21:59:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-02-24 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

5325.ETE 1051W. Van Neer. 1990. Les faunes de vertebres quaternaires en Afrique centrale. Paysages quat. de Afrique centrale atlantique,R.Lanfranchi(ed),Paris 195-220 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]