PBDB Collection

Sterkfontein - Member 5 (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 640, Middle Breccia, Sterkfontein - Member 5,

Where: South Africa (26.0° S, 27.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° S, 27.6° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: 15 Member (Sterkfontein Formation), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Max = ESR date, Min = age based on bovids radiometric intage_max,

Environment/lithology: cave; sandy siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: ., ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: karstic, periodic flooding from surface=fine seds

• ETE rock type adj: sandy loam, ETE lithology comments: some calcite lenses near middle, no weathered dolomite, abrupt contact but eroded and unconformable,poorly sorted seds

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 483, 482, 479, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list: TM

Primary reference: T. C. Partridge. 1978. Re-appraisal of lithostratigraphy of Sterkfontein hominid site. Nature 275:282-287 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21822: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.10.1995

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Squamata - Varanidae	Varanus cf. niloticus Varanus cf. niloticus Linnaeus 1766 Nile monitor
Aves
-	Aves indet. Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves
Reptilia
Testudines - Testudinidae	Testudinidae indet. Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Testudinidae
Mammalia
-	Mammalia indet. Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora
Hyracoidea - Procaviidae	Procavia sp. Procavia sp. Storr 1780 Cape hyrax
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Cercopithecidae indet. Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae
Primates - Hominidae	Homo sp. Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or A. africanus
Rodentia - Hystricidae	Hystrix cf. africaeaustralis Hystrix cf. africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Leporidae indet. Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Leporidae
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Proteles sp. Proteles sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1824 hyaena
Carnivora - Felidae	cf. Megantereon sp., cf. Panthera leo cf. Megantereon sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat cf. Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion
Carnivora -	"Canis cf. terblanchei" = Thos terblanchei "Canis cf. terblanchei" = Thos terblanchei Broom 1948 carnivoran
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., cf. Connochaetes sp., Damaliscus sp., Damaliscus sp., Damaliscus cf. dorcas, Oreotragus major, Hippotragini indet., Taurotragus cf. oryx, Makapania cf. broomi Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: antelope size I Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: antelope size II Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: antelope size III Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: alcelaphine-med. cf. Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: 142-Sterkfontein Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: 141-Sterkfontein Damaliscus cf. dorcas Pallas 1766 bontebok Oreotragus major klipspringer Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippotragini Taurotragus cf. oryx Pallas 1766 common eland Makapania cf. broomi Wells and Cooke 1956 antelope
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Suidae indet. Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Perissodactyla - Equidae	"Equus cf. burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli "Equus cf. burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
Adenota
-	"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki "Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932