Burchell's Shelter (Holocene of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 716, Burchell's Shelter,

Where: Orange Free, South Africa (28.8° S, 23.7° E: paleocoordinates 28.8° S, 23.7° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 47170 +- 50; 0 to recent times; dates on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: chan_bar ETE event: ., ETE env comment: travertine deposits
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: brown sand; ashy layers

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: R. G. Klein. 1979. Paleoenvironmental and Cultural Implications of Late Holocene Archaeological Faunas from the Orange Free State and North Central Cape Province, South Africa. South African Archaeological Bulletin 34:34-49 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21897: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 06.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Chelonia
Mammalia
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia capensis
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus quagga
Equus quagga Boddaert 1785 plains zebra
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Antidorcas marsupialis, Raphicerus campestris, Redunca fulvorufula, Connochaetes gnou, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Hippotragus sp.
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Antidorcas marsupialis Zimmerman 1780 springbok
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann 1780 black wildebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix africaeaustralis
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet.
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Leporidae
Gastropoda
 Stylommatophora - Achatinidae
Achatina indet.
Achatina indet. Lamarck 1799 slug
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unio indet.
Unio indet. Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name