Also known as ETE Locality 531, Langebaanweg 'E' Quarry,
Where: Langebaanweg, South Africa (33.0° S, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° S, 17.8° E)
When: Varswater Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: 0
Environment/lithology: cave; phosphatic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: bone collector
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 415, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: Q. B. Hendey. 1974. The Late Cenozoic Carnivora of the South-Western Cape Province. Annals of the South African Museum 63:1-369 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 21713: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.08.1995, edited by Mark Uhen and Trent Grasso
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Aves | |
Spheniscus predmersus n. sp.2
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Mammalia | |
cf. Procavia antiqua Broom 1934 Cape hyrax | |
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark | |
Chrysochloris sp. Lacépède 1799 Cape golden mole | |
Elephantulus sp. Thomas and Schwann 1906 elephant shrew | |
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere | |
Mammuthus subplanifrons mammoth | |
cf. Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey | |
Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885 placental | |
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse | |
Bathyergidae indet. Waterhouse 1841 mole rat | |
Ceratotherium praecox white rhino | |
"Hipparion albertense" = Eurygnathohippus albertense
"Hipparion albertense" = Eurygnathohippus albertense Hopwood 1926 hipparionine horse subspecies baardi
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Libytherium olduvaiense placental | |
"aff. Diamantohyus sp." = Sanitherium
"aff. Diamantohyus sp." = Sanitherium von Meyer 1866 ruminant | |
Giraffa cf. gracilis giraffe | |
aff. Tragoportax sp., Tragelaphus sp., aff. Pelorovis sp., Alcelaphini indet., Reduncini indet., aff. Raphicerus sp.
aff. Tragoportax sp. Pilgrim 1937 antelope
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
aff. Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
aff. Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope | |
Nyanzachoerus sp. Leakey 1958 pig | |
Cetacea indet. whale | |
cf. Manis sp. Linnaeus 1758 pangolin | |
Agriotherium africanum Hendey 1972 bear | |
Mellivora aff. punjabiensis Lydekker 1884 ratel
Enhydriodon africanus Stromer 1931 otter | |
"Hyaena abronia n. sp." = Ikelohyaena abronia, Hyaenictis preforfex n. sp.
"Hyaena abronia n. sp." = Ikelohyaena abronia Hendey 1974 hyaena
Hyaenictis preforfex n. sp. Hendey 1974 hyaena | |
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Viverra leakeyi Petter 1963 civet
Genetta sp. Cuvier 1816 civet | |
"Felis aff. issiodorensis" = Lynx issiodorensis, cf. Homotherium sp., Machairodus sp., "Felis obscura n. sp." = Yoshi obscura, Dinofelis diastemata
"Felis aff. issiodorensis" = Lynx issiodorensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 lynx
cf. Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833 cat
"Felis obscura n. sp." = Yoshi obscura Hendey 1974 cat
Dinofelis diastemata Astre 1929 cat | |
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid | |
Percrocuta australis n. sp.
Percrocuta australis n. sp. Hendey 1974 carnivoran | |
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew | |
Gazella vanhoepeni | |
"Gazella aff. vanhoepeni" = Phenacotragus vanhoepeni
"Gazella aff. vanhoepeni" = Phenacotragus vanhoepeni Wells and Cooke 1956 |