Powerhouse Cave (Holocene of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 730, Powerhouse Cave,

Where: Orange Free, South Africa (27.6° S, 24.6° E: paleocoordinates 27.6° S, 24.6° E)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 403680 +- 60; 2250+- 65; dates on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: cave

• ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: travertine deposits
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: reddish sandy lime containing peblles, cobbles and boulders; cream lime

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 477, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: F. E. Peabody. 1954. Travertines and Cave Deposits of the Kaap Escarpment of South Africa, and the Type Locality of Australopithecus Africanus Dart. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 65:671-706 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21911: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia capensis
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus quagga, "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
Equus quagga Boddaert 1785 plains zebra
ETE occurrence; species: or burchelli
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet.
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Rhinocerotidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Taurotragus oryx, Redunca fulvorufula, Antidorcas marsupialis, Oreotragus oreotragus, Raphicerus campestris, Connochaetes gnou, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Sylvicapra grimmia
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Antidorcas marsupialis Zimmerman 1780 springbok
Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann 1780 black wildebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felis libyca
Felis libyca Forster 1780 African wildcat
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
Cynictis penicillata
Cynictis penicillata Cuvier 1829 yellow mongoose
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mellivora capensis
Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes chama, Canis sp.
Vulpes chama Smith 1833 Cape fox
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet.
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Leporidae
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix africaeaustralis
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio ursinus
Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon
Pedetes capensis
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"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis
"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis Forster 1778 South African springhare