PBDB Collection

Drimolen Main Quarry (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Where: Gauteng, South Africa (26.0° S, 27.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 26.6° S, 27.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; breccia

• single cavern with basal speleothem overlain by fossil-bearing breccia

• thick clast-supported, fossil-bearing breccia

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: ad-hoc sediment collection followed by 1x1m or smaller grid collection with multiple methods of seiving; use of total station since 2003 and more recently, laser scanning.

Primary reference: J. W. Adams, D. S. Rovinsky, A. I. R. Herries and C. G. Menter. 2016. Macromammalian faunas, biochronology and palaeoecology of the early Pleistocene Main Quarry hominin-bearing deposits of the Drimolen Palaeocave System, South Africa. PeerJ 4(e1941):1-45 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 183152: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 05.12.2016, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Papio hamadryas robinsoni Papio hamadryas robinsoni Hamadryas baboon
unclassified
-	Tragelaphus sp. Tragelaphus sp.
Mammalia
Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae	Orycteropus cf. afer Orycteropus cf. afer Pallas 1766 aardvark
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Elephantidae indet. Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821 elephant
Hyracoidea - Procaviidae	Procavia sp. Procavia sp. Storr 1780 Cape hyrax
Placentalia -	Carnivora indet. Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
Carnivora - Herpestidae	cf. Cynictis pencillata, aff. Suricata suricatta cf. Cynictis pencillata yellow mongoose aff. Suricata suricatta Schreber 1776 meerkat
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Hyaenidae indet., Chasmaporthetes nitidula, Lycyaenops silberbergi Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena Chasmaporthetes nitidula Ewer 1955 hyaena Lycyaenops silberbergi Broom 1946 hyaena
Carnivora - Felidae	Felidae indet., Panthera sp., Panthera pardus, cf. Panthera pardus, cf. Caracal caracal, Felis silvestris lybica, Machairodontinae indet., ? Dinofelis sp., Dinofelis cf. barlowi, Dinofelis aff. piveteaui, Megantereon whitei Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat Panthera sp. Oken 1816 cat Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard cf. Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard cf. Caracal caracal Schreber 1776 caracal Felis silvestris lybica Forster 1780 wildcat Machairodontinae indet. Gill 1872 cat ? Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924 cat Dinofelis cf. barlowi Broom 1937 cat Dinofelis aff. piveteaui Ewer 1955 cat Megantereon whitei Broom 1937 cat
Carnivora - Canidae	Canidae indet., Vulpes chama, cf. Vulpes chama Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid Vulpes chama Smith 1833 Cape fox cf. Vulpes chama Smith 1833 Cape fox
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus quagga Equus quagga Boddaert 1785 plains zebra
Artiodactyla - Giraffidae	Giraffidae indet. Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovidae indet., Tragelaphini indet., Oreotragus sp., Alcelaphini indet., Damaliscus sp., Connochaetes sp., Megalotragus sp., Raphicerus sp., Redunca cf. fulvorufula Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863 antelope Oreotragus sp. Smith 1834 klipspringer Alcelaphini indet. Brookes 1876 antelope Class II/III n=34; Class III n=11 Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest Megalotragus sp. van Hoepen 1932 antelope Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope Redunca cf. fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Suidae indet. Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Cercopithecidae indet., Cercopithecoides williamsi Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey Cercopithecoides williamsi Mollet 1947 monkey
Primates - Hominidae	Paranthropus robustus, Homo sp. Paranthropus robustus Broom 1938 australopithecine Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human
Rodentia - Hystricidae	Hystrix sp. Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Leporidae indet., Pronolagus sp. Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit Pronolagus sp. Lyon 1904 rabbit
Reptilia
Testudines - Testudinidae	Psammobates antiquorum n. sp. Psammobates antiquorum n. sp. Broadley 1997 turtle
Adenota
-	"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki, "Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki "Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932 "Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932