Heuningneskrans Shelter (Pleistocene to of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 776, Heuningneskrans Shelter,

Where: South Africa (33.6° S, 25.7° E: paleocoordinates 33.6° S, 25.5° E)

When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: at least 23000 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: rock shelter
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: dolomite rock shelter

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 489, 488, 485, 483, 482, 481, 479, 478, 477, 456, 454, 121, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: R. G. Klein. 1986. Later Stone Age Faunal Samples from Heuningneskrans Shelter (Transvaal) and Leopard's Hill Cave (Zambia). The South African Archaeological Bulletin 39:109-116 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21957: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth, Richard Potts and Hannah O'Regan

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio ursinus
Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupes
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera leo
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Parahyaena brunnea
Parahyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Aepyceros melampus, Oreotragus oreotragus, Raphicerus campestris, Sylvicapra grimmia, Alcelaphus sp., Damaliscus lunatus, Pelea capreolus, Antidorcas marsupialis, Redunca fulvorufula, Hippotragus niger, Hippotragus equinus, Syncerus caffer, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, "Antidorcas bondi" = Gazella bondi
Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
Alcelaphus sp. Blainville 1816 hartebeest
Damaliscus lunatus Burchell 1823 common tsessebe
Pelea capreolus Forster 1790 grey rhebok
Antidorcas marsupialis Zimmerman 1780 springbok
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Hippotragus niger Harris 1838 sable antelope
Hippotragus equinus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803 roan antelope
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
"Antidorcas bondi" = Gazella bondi Cooke and Wells 1951 gazelle
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet., Phacochoerus aethiopicus, Potamochoerus porcus
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia capensis
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus afer
Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 aardvark