Also known as ETE Locality 646, Fire Member, Swartkrans - Member 3,
Where: South Africa (26.0° S, 27.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° S, 27.6° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: 13 Member (Swartkrans Formation), Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: age based on faunal evidence, approx. 1 mya
Environment/lithology:
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 486, 485, 483, 482, 481, 479, 478, 454, ; ETE museum list: TM
Primary reference: T. C. Partridge. 1986. Palaeoecology of the Pliocene and lower Pleistocene hominids of southern Africa: how good is the chronological and paleoenvironmental evidence?. South African Journal of Science 82:80-83 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21828: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 17.10.1995, edited by John Damuth, Richard Potts and Hannah O'Regan
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Hominidae indet., "Australopithecus robustus" = Paranthropus robustus
"Australopithecus robustus" = Paranthropus robustus Broom 1938 australopithecine | |
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae
Papio robinsoni Freedman 1957 baboon | |
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Pedetes sp. Illiger 1811 springhaas | |
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine | |
Canidae "indet. large" Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Canidae-large
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Canidae
Vulpes chama Smith 1833 Cape fox
"Canis cf. mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal | |
Aonyx capensis Schinz 1821 African clawless otter | |
Megantereon cultridens Cuvier 1824 cat
Acinonyx jubatus Schreber 1775 cheetah
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
Herpestidae indet. Bonaparte 1845 mongoose ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mongoose; originally entered as "Viverridae indet."
Cynictis penicillata Cuvier 1829 yellow mongoose
Atilax sp. Cuvier 1826 marsh mongoose
Suricata suricatta Schreber 1776 meerkat | |
Parahyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
Proteles sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1824 hyaena
Chasmaporthetes nitidula Ewer 1955 hyaena | |
cf. Genetta tigrina Schreber 1776 Cape genet | |
Manis sp. Linnaeus 1758 pangolin | |
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
Equus capensis Broom 1909 horse | |
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
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Bovidae indet., Bovidae "indet. size II", Bovidae "indet. size III", Bovidae "indet.size IV", Bovidae "indet. Hippo./Reduncini", Bovidae indet., Oreotragus oreotragus, Raphicerus campestris, Alcelaphini indet., Damaliscus sp., Beatragus sp., Connochaetes sp., Megalotragus sp., Pelea sp., Antilopini indet., "Antidorcas australis" = Antidorcas marsupialis australis, Hippotragus cf. niger, Syncerus sp., Taurotragus oryx, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, cf. Gazella sp.
Bovidae "indet. size II" Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae size II
Bovidae "indet. size III" Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae size III
Bovidae "indet.size IV" Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae size IV
Bovidae "indet. Hippo./Reduncini" Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippo./Reduncini
Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Megalotragus sp. van Hoepen 1932 antelope
Pelea sp. Gray 1851 antelope
"Antidorcas australis" = Antidorcas marsupialis australis Hendey and Hendey 1968 springbok ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or marsupialis
Hippotragus cf. niger Harris 1838 sable antelope
Syncerus sp. Hodgson 1847 African buffalo
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
cf. Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle | |
Phacochoerus sp. Cuvier 1826 warthog
"cf. Tapinochoerus meadowsi" = Metridiochoerus pig | |
Procavia antiqua Broom 1934 Cape hyrax
Procavia transvaalensis Shaw 1937 Cape hyrax | |
Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 aardvark | |
cf. Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant | |
Reptilia | |
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Aves | |
Aves "indet. size III" Linnaeus 1758 bird ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves size III
Aves "indet. size IV" Linnaeus 1758 bird ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves size IV
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Amphibia | |
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Adenota | |
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932 |