Also known as ETE Locality 735, Klasies River Mouth Main Site,
Where: South Africa (34.1° S, 24.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° S, 24.3° E)
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: MSA deposits; C14 on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: cave; sandstone
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 477, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: R. Singer and J. Wymer. 1982. The Middle Stone Age at Klasies River Mouth in South Africa. University of Chicago Press, Chicago [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21916: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth, Richard Potts and Hannah O'Regan
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant | |
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax | |
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine | |
Georychus capensis Pallas 1778 Cape mole-rat | |
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare | |
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human | |
Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon | |
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros | |
Equus quagga Boddaert 1785 plains zebra | |
Pelea capreolus, Redunca fulvorufula, Redunca arundinum, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Connochaetes sp., Damaliscus sp., Antidorcas sp., Raphicerus melanotis, Ourebia ourebi, Hippotragus leucophaeus, Pelorovis antiquus, Syncerus caffer, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Tragelaphus scriptus, Taurotragus oryx
Pelea capreolus Forster 1790 grey rhebok
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Redunca arundinum Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok
Raphicerus melanotis Thunberg 1811 Cape grysbok
Ourebia ourebi Zimmerman 1783 oribi
Hippotragus leucophaeus Pallas 1766 bluebuck
Pelorovis antiquus Duvernoy 1851 antelope
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
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"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal | |
Mellivora capensis, "Aonyx capensis" = Lutra capensis
Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger
"Aonyx capensis" = Lutra capensis Schinz 1821 African clawless otter | |
Arctocephalus pusillus Schreber 1778 brown fur seal | |
Mirounga leonina Linnaeus 1758 southern elephant seal | |
Atilax paludinosus Cuvier 1829 marsh mongoose
"Herpestes pulverulentus" = Galerella pulverulenta Wagner 1839 Cape grey mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus 1758 Egyptian mongoose | |
Parahyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena | |
Felis libyca Forster 1780 African wildcat
"Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal Schreber 1776 caracal
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard |