PBDB Collection

Swartkrans - SKR Block (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 645, Swartkrans - SKR Block,

Where: South Africa (26.0° S, 27.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° S, 27.5° E)

When: 11 Member (Swartkrans Formation), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• age approx. 1.7 mya, based on hominid and faunal evidence

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; breccia

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: C. K. Brain. 1993. Swartkrans: A Cave's Chronicle of Early Man. Transvaal Museum Monograph Transvaal Museum. Pretoria 8 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 21827: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 17.10.1995, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Hyaeridae indet. Hyaeridae indet. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaeridae
Mammalia
-	Mammalia indet., Mammalia indet., Mammalia indet., Mammalia indet., Mammalia indet. Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rodentia Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Mammalia Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Lagomorpha Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Chiroptera
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Cercopithecidae indet. Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae
Rodentia - Muridae	Muridae indet., Otomys sp. Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Muridae Otomys sp. Cuvier 1824 mouse
Rodentia - Bathyergidae	Cryptomys sp. Cryptomys sp. Gray 1964 mole rat
Carnivora - Canidae	"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas "Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal
Carnivora - Felidae	Panthera pardus Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equidae indet. Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Equidae
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Raphicerus campestris, Connochaetes sp. Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae size I Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae size II Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae size III Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae size IV Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippo./Reduncini Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Theriamorpha - Soricidae	Soricidae indet. Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Soricidae
Hyracoidea - Procaviidae	Procavia antiqua Procavia antiqua Broom 1934 Cape hyrax
Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae	Macroscelididae indet. Macroscelididae indet. Bonaparte 1838 elephant shrew ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Macroscelididae
Reptilia
-	Reptilia indet. Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reptilia
Aves
-	Aves indet., Aves indet. Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves size II