Nelson Bay Cave, Pleistocene (Pleistocene of South Africa)
Where: South Africa (34.1° S, 23.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° S, 23.4° E)
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When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 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 96974: 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 | |
Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon | |
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine | |
Lepus cf. capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare | |
Arctocephalus pusillus Schreber 1778 brown fur seal | |
"Herpestes pulverulentus" = Galerella pulverulenta, Herpestes ichneumon
"Herpestes pulverulentus" = Galerella pulverulenta Wagner 1839 Cape grey mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus 1758 Egyptian mongoose | |
"cf. Hyaena brunnea" = Parahyaena brunnea
"cf. Hyaena brunnea" = Parahyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena | |
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal | |
Manis cf. temmincki pangolin | |
Alcelaphus cf. coama, Connochaetes cf. gnou, Damaliscus cf. dorcus, Antidorcas cf. marsupialas, Raphicerus sp., Redunca fulvorufula, Redunca arundinum, Pelea capreolus, Sylvicapra grimmia, Hippotragus sp., Pelorovis sp., Syncerus caffer, Taurotragus oryx
Alcelaphus cf. coama hartebeest
Connochaetes cf. gnou Zimmermann 1780 black wildebeest
Damaliscus cf. dorcus antelope
Antidorcas cf. marsupialas springbok
Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Redunca arundinum Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck
Pelea capreolus Forster 1790 grey rhebok
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope
Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog | |
Equus cf. quagga Boddaert 1785 plains zebra |