Nelson Bay Cave, Holocene (Holocene of South Africa)
Where: South Africa (34.1° S, 23.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: R. C. Klein. 1972. The late quaternary mammalian fauna of Nelson Bay Cave (Cape Province, South Africa): Its implications for megafaunal extinctions and environmental and cultural change. Quaternary Research 2(2):135-142 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96973: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon | |
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Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human | |
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Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine | |
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Mirounga leonina Linnaeus 1758 southern elephant seal | |
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Arctocephalus pusillus Schreber 1778 brown fur seal
Arctocephalus gazella Peters 1875 fur seal | |
"Aonyx capensis" = Lutra capensis
"Aonyx capensis" = Lutra capensis Schinz 1821 African clawless otter | |
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"Herpestes pulverulentus" = Galerella pulverulenta Wagner 1839 Cape grey mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus 1758 Egyptian mongoose
Atilax paludinosus Cuvier 1829 marsh mongoose | |
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Felis libyca Forster 1780 African wildcat
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal | |
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Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin | |
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Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Tragelaphus scriptus, Hippotragus sp., Pelea capreolus, Redunca orundinum, Redunca fulvorufula, Raphicerus sp., Cephalophus monticola, Sylvicapra grimmia
Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope
Pelea capreolus Forster 1790 grey rhebok
Redunca orundinum reedbuck
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope
Cephalophus monticola Thunberg 1789 blue duiker
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker | |
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Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog | |
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Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax | |