Also known as ETE Locality 531, Langebaanweg 'E' Quarry,
Where: Langebaanweg, South Africa (33.0° S, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° S, 17.8° E)
When: Varswater Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: 0
Environment/lithology: cave; phosphatic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: bone collector
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 415, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: Q. B. Hendey. 1974. The Late Cenozoic Carnivora of the South-Western Cape Province. Annals of the South African Museum 63:1-369 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 21713: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.08.1995, edited by Mark Uhen and Trent Grasso
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
cf. Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey | |
Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885 placental | |
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse | |
Bathyergidae indet. Waterhouse 1841 mole rat | |
cf. Manis sp. Linnaeus 1758 pangolin | |
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid | |
Dinofelis diastemata, Machairodus sp., cf. Homotherium sp., "Felis obscura n. sp." = Yoshi obscura, "Felis aff. issiodorensis" = Lynx issiodorensis
Dinofelis diastemata Astre 1929 cat
Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833 cat
cf. Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
"Felis obscura n. sp." = Yoshi obscura Hendey 1974 cat
"Felis aff. issiodorensis" = Lynx issiodorensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 lynx | |
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Genetta sp. Cuvier 1816 civet
Viverra leakeyi Petter 1963 civet | |
Hyaenictis preforfex n. sp., "Hyaena abronia n. sp." = Ikelohyaena abronia
Hyaenictis preforfex n. sp. Hendey 1974 hyaena
"Hyaena abronia n. sp." = Ikelohyaena abronia Hendey 1974 hyaena | |
Enhydriodon africanus Stromer 1931 otter
Mellivora aff. punjabiensis Lydekker 1884 ratel | |
Agriotherium africanum Hendey 1972 bear | |
Percrocuta australis n. sp.
Percrocuta australis n. sp. Hendey 1974 carnivoran | |
Libytherium olduvaiense placental | |
Nyanzachoerus sp. Leakey 1958 pig | |
Cetacea indet. whale | |
"aff. Diamantohyus sp." = Sanitherium
"aff. Diamantohyus sp." = Sanitherium von Meyer 1866 ruminant | |
Giraffa cf. gracilis giraffe | |
Tragelaphus sp., aff. Pelorovis sp., aff. Tragoportax sp., Alcelaphini indet., aff. Raphicerus sp., Reduncini indet.
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
aff. Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope
aff. Tragoportax sp. Pilgrim 1937 antelope
aff. Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope | |
Ceratotherium praecox white rhino | |
"Hipparion albertense" = Eurygnathohippus albertense
"Hipparion albertense" = Eurygnathohippus albertense Hopwood 1926 hipparionine horse subspecies baardi
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Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew | |
Mammuthus subplanifrons mammoth | |
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere | |
cf. Procavia antiqua Broom 1934 Cape hyrax | |
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark | |
Elephantulus sp. Thomas and Schwann 1906 elephant shrew | |
Chrysochloris sp. Lacépède 1799 Cape golden mole | |
Aves | |
Spheniscus predmersus n. sp.2
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Gazella vanhoepeni | |
"Gazella aff. vanhoepeni" = Phenacotragus vanhoepeni
"Gazella aff. vanhoepeni" = Phenacotragus vanhoepeni Wells and Cooke 1956 |