PBDB Collection

Boomplas Cave (Pleistocene to of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 767, Boomplas Cave,

Where: South Africa (33.5° S, 22.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.6° S, 22.1° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 2416 C14 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: 0

• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 488, 482, 479, 478, 477, 121, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: R. G. Klein. 1978. A Preliinary Report on the Larger Mammals from the Boomplaas Stone age Cave Site, Cango Valley, Oudtshoorn District, South Africa. South African Archaeological Bulletin 33:66-75 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21948: 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
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Loxodonta africana Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Mellivora capensis Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger
Carnivora - Canidae	"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas "Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal
Carnivora - Viverridae	Genetta sp. Genetta sp. Cuvier 1816 civet
Carnivora - Herpestidae	Herpestes ichneumon, "Herpestes pulverulentus" = Galerella pulverulenta Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus 1758 Egyptian mongoose "Herpestes pulverulentus" = Galerella pulverulenta Wagner 1839 Cape grey mongoose
Carnivora - Felidae	Panthera pardus, Felis libyca, "Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard Felis libyca Forster 1780 African wildcat "Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal Schreber 1776 caracal
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus capensis, Equus zebra Equus capensis Broom 1909 horse Equus zebra Linnaeus 1758 mountain zebra
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Diceros bicornis Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Suidae indet., Phacochoerus aethiopicus, Potamochoerus porcus Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Suidae Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Oreotragus oreotragus, Raphicerus sp., Pelea capreolus, Hippotragus sp., Alcelaphini indet., Damaliscus dorcas, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Ovis aries, Redunca arundinum, Redunca fulvorufula, Antidorcas sp., Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Taurotragus oryx, Syncerus caffer, Pelorovis antiquus Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Bovidae-large Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Bovidae-small Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Bovidae-small/medium Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Bovidae-medium/large Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope Pelea capreolus Forster 1790 grey rhebok Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Alcelaphini Damaliscus dorcas Pallas 1766 bontebok Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest Ovis aries Linnaeus 1758 domestic sheep Redunca arundinum Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo Pelorovis antiquus Duvernoy 1851 antelope
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 - Hominidae	Homo sapiens Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Papio ursinus Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon
Bubalis
-	"Megalotragus priscus" = Bubalis priscus "Megalotragus priscus" = Bubalis priscus Broom 1909