Where: Gauteng, South Africa (26.0° S, 27.8° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° S, 27.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; 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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Papio hamadryas robinsoni Hamadryas baboon | |
unclassified | |
Reptilia | |
Psammobates antiquorum n. sp.
Psammobates antiquorum n. sp. Broadley 1997 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821 elephant | |
Procavia sp. Storr 1780 Cape hyrax | |
Orycteropus cf. afer Pallas 1766 aardvark | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
Pronolagus sp. Lyon 1904 rabbit | |
Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human
Paranthropus robustus Broom 1938 australopithecine | |
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
Cercopithecoides williamsi Mollet 1947 monkey | |
Equus quagga Boddaert 1785 plains zebra | |
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe | |
Bovidae indet., Redunca cf. fulvorufula, Alcelaphini indet., Connochaetes sp., Damaliscus sp., Megalotragus sp., Raphicerus sp., Oreotragus sp., Tragelaphini indet.
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Redunca cf. fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
Megalotragus sp. van Hoepen 1932 antelope
Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope
Oreotragus sp. Smith 1834 klipspringer
Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863 antelope | |
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig | |
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran | |
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
Vulpes chama Smith 1833 Cape fox
cf. Vulpes chama Smith 1833 Cape fox | |
aff. Suricata suricatta Schreber 1776 meerkat
cf. Cynictis pencillata yellow mongoose | |
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
Chasmaporthetes nitidula Ewer 1955 hyaena
Lycyaenops silberbergi Broom 1946 hyaena | |
Felidae indet., Felis silvestris lybica, cf. Caracal caracal, Panthera sp., Panthera pardus, cf. Panthera pardus, Machairodontinae indet., Megantereon whitei, ? Dinofelis sp., Dinofelis aff. piveteaui, Dinofelis cf. barlowi
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
Felis silvestris lybica Forster 1780 wildcat
cf. Caracal caracal Schreber 1776 caracal
Panthera sp. Oken 1816 cat
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
cf. Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
Machairodontinae indet. Gill 1872 cat
Megantereon whitei Broom 1937 cat
? Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924 cat
Dinofelis aff. piveteaui Ewer 1955 cat
Dinofelis cf. barlowi Broom 1937 cat | |
Adenota | |
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki, "Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932
"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932 |