Also known as ETE Locality 1153, Kromdraai B - Layer 3, KB,
Where: South Africa (26.0° S, 27.8° E: paleocoordinates 26.0° S, 27.6° E)
When: Kromdraai Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Fauna and paleomagnetic data suggest an age within Matuyama Reverse epoch (0.73-2.48 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; breccia
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 960, ; ETE museum list: TM
Primary reference: C. K. Brain. 1981. The Hunters of the Hunted? An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy. University of Chicago Press, Chicago [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22329: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.08.1999, edited by John Damuth and Hannah O'Regan
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Cercopithecidae indet., "Papio angusticeps" = Parapapio angusticeps, Papio robinsoni, Cercopithecoides williamsi
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cerocpithecidae
"Papio angusticeps" = Parapapio angusticeps Broom 1940 monkey
Papio robinsoni Freedman 1957 baboon
Cercopithecoides williamsi Mollet 1947 monkey | |
cf. Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine | |
cf. Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924 cat
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
Parahyaena cf. brunnea Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena | |
Viverra sp. Linnaeus 1758 civet | |
Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Connochaetes sp., Reduncini indet.
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antelopini size III
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini
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Phacochoerus antiquus warthog | |
Reptilia | |
cf. Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
cf. Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile | |
Adenota | |
"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932 |