Nelson Bay Cave, Holocene (Holocene of South Africa)
Where: South Africa (34.1° S, 23.4° E: paleocoordinates 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: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax | |
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Tragelaphus scriptus, Sylvicapra grimmia, Cephalophus monticola, Raphicerus sp., Pelea capreolus, Redunca orundinum, Redunca fulvorufula, Hippotragus sp.
Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
Cephalophus monticola Thunberg 1789 blue duiker
Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope
Pelea capreolus Forster 1790 grey rhebok
Redunca orundinum reedbuck
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope | |
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog | |
Felis libyca Forster 1780 African wildcat
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
"Herpestes pulverulentus" = Galerella pulverulenta Wagner 1839 Cape grey mongoose
Atilax paludinosus Cuvier 1829 marsh mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus 1758 Egyptian mongoose | |
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal | |
Aonyx capensis Schinz 1821 African clawless otter | |
Arctocephalus gazella Peters 1875 fur seal
Arctocephalus pusillus Schreber 1778 brown fur seal | |
Mirounga leonina Linnaeus 1758 southern elephant seal | |
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine | |
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human | |
Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon |