Also known as ETE Locality 765, Ventershoek,
Where: South Africa (29.1° S, 27.6° E: paleocoordinates 29.8° S, 27.6° E)
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: age abse don artifactual remains and comparisons with nearby dates sites radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology:
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 487, 483, 482, 481, 479, 478, 477, 81, ; 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 21946: 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 | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Leporidae
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Aonyx capensis Schinz 1821 African clawless otter | |
Cynictis penicillata Cuvier 1829 yellow mongoose | |
Felis libyca Forster 1780 African wildcat | |
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Vulpes chama Smith 1833 Cape fox | |
Bovidae indet., Alcelaphus buselaphus, Connochaetes gnou, Damaliscus dorcas, Raphicerus campestris, Oreotragus oreotragus, Redunca fulvorufula, Redunca arundinum, Pelea capreolus, Taurotragus oryx
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann 1780 black wildebeest
Damaliscus dorcas Pallas 1766 bontebok
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Redunca arundinum Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck
Pelea capreolus Forster 1790 grey rhebok
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog | |
Equus quagga, "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
Equus quagga Boddaert 1785 plains zebra
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra |