Sterkfontein - Member 2: Pliocene, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
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| 51 specimens | ||||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Acinonyx jubatus
(Schreber 1775)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Felis caracal
Schreber 1776
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| 10 specimens | ||||||||||
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Megantereon cultridens
(Cuvier 1824)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Dinofelis barlowi
Broom 1937
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| McKenna and Bell 1997 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa |
| Coordinates: | 26.0° South, 27.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.1° South, 27.5° East (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary - Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene - Pliocene |
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | Zone: | max: zone min: zone |
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 2.58 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Transvaal | Formation: | Sterkfontein | Member: | 12 |
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Members 2-4 probably fall within Gauss (paleomag), these are approximate dates | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red or brown siltstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: pale brown and red, ETE lithology comments: loam, occasional calcite lenses, scattered pebbles and cobbles, poorly sorted, contact is wavy and abrupt | |
| Environment: | cave |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: ., ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: karstic, periodic ponding and subaqueous deposits | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Collection size: | 73 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 482, 480, 479, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list: TM | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 639, Sterkfontein - Member 2, | ||
| Database number: | 21821 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, A. Turner | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth, H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1995-10-13 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-10-13 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4867. | ETE 577 | T. C. Partridge. 1978. Re-appraisal of lithostratigraphy of Sterkfontein hominid site. Nature 275:282-287 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |
Secondary references:
| 7584 | M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level 1-640 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |