Also known as ETE Locality 742, Kathu Pan,
Where: South Africa (27.7° S, 23.0° E: paleocoordinates 27.7° S, 23.7° E)
When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: One C14 date at 32000 years on charcoal; age basedon artifacts and fauna radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: spring; sandstone
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 477, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: R. G. Klein. 1979. Paleoenvironmental and Cultural Implications of Late Holocene Archaeological Faunas from the Orange Free State and North Central Cape Province, South Africa. South African Archaeological Bulletin 34:34-49 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21923: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant | |
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine | |
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare | |
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Equus capensis, "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli, "Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum
Equus capensis Broom 1909 horse
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse | |
Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758 giraffe | |
Alcelaphus buselaphus, Connochaetes gnou, Damaliscus sp., "Antidorcas bondi" = Gazella bondi, Pelorovis antiquus, Syncerus caffer, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Taurotragus oryx
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann 1780 black wildebeest
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
"Antidorcas bondi" = Gazella bondi Cooke and Wells 1951 gazelle
Pelorovis antiquus Duvernoy 1851 antelope
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Pedetes capensis | |
"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis
"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis Forster 1778 South African springhare | |
Adenota | |
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932 |