Also known as ETE Locality 759, Blydefontein Shelter,
Where: South Africa (30.7° S, 25.5° E: paleocoordinates 30.7° S, 25.5° E)
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 463650 +- 120 on charcoal; dates to recent times radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: cave
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 485, 482, 478, 456, 454, 409, 121, ; 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 21940: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax | |
Vulpes chama Smith 1833 Cape fox | |
Cynictis penicillata Cuvier 1829 yellow mongoose | |
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
Felis libyca Forster 1780 African wildcat
"Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal Schreber 1776 caracal | |
Equus quagga, "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
Equus quagga Boddaert 1785 plains zebra
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra | |
Bovidae indet., Oreotragus oreotragus, Raphicerus campestris, Pelea capreolus, Connochaetes gnou, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Redunca fulvorufula
Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Pelea capreolus Forster 1790 grey rhebok
Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann 1780 black wildebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Leporidae
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Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon |