PBDB Collection

Sea Harvest Site (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 748, Sea Harvest Site,

Where: South Africa (33.0° S, 18.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.3° S, 17.8° E)

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: dates also based on stratigraphic and sedimentological obs.; C14 on ostrich eggshell radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: cave; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: coastal, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: midden, ETE env comment: 0

• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 485, 483, 482, 481, 480, 478, 477, 454, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: F. E. Grine and R.G. Klein. 1993. Late Pleisticene Humans Remains from the Sea Harvest Site, Saldanha Bay, South Africa. Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Wetenskap 89:145-152 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 21929: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1997, edited by John Damuth, Richard Potts and Hannah O'Regan

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Loxodonta africana Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant
Hyracoidea - Procaviidae	Procavia capensis Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax
Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae	Orycteropus afer Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 aardvark
Rodentia - Hystricidae	Hystrix africaeaustralis Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine
Rodentia - Bathyergidae	Bathyergus suillus Bathyergus suillus Schreber 1787 Cape dune mole rat
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Lepus saxatilis, Lepus capensis Lepus saxatilis hare Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare
Primates - Hominidae	Homo sapiens Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Papio ursinus Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Ceratotherium simum Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus capensis, Equus quagga Equus capensis Broom 1909 horse Equus quagga Boddaert 1785 plains zebra
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Pelea capreolus, Redunca arundinum, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Connochaetes gnou, Damaliscus dorcas, Antidorcas marsupialis, Raphicerus melanotis, Raphicerus campestris, Sylvicapra grimmia, Hippotragus leucophaeus, Oreotragus oreotragus, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Taurotragus oryx Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae-large Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae-small Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae-small/medium Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae-medium/large Pelea capreolus Forster 1790 grey rhebok Redunca arundinum Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann 1780 black wildebeest Damaliscus dorcas Pallas 1766 bontebok Antidorcas marsupialis Zimmerman 1780 springbok Raphicerus melanotis Thunberg 1811 Cape grysbok Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker Hippotragus leucophaeus Pallas 1766 bluebuck Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Phacochoerus aethiopicus Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	Hippopotamus amphibius Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
Cetacea - Delphinidae	Delphinidae indet. Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Delphinidae
Carnivora - Canidae	Lycaon pictus, "Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas, Vulpes chama Lycaon pictus Temminck 1820 African wild dog "Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal Vulpes chama Smith 1833 Cape fox
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Ictonyx striatus, Mellivora capensis, "Aonyx capensis" = Lutra capensis Ictonyx striatus Perry 1810 zorilla Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger "Aonyx capensis" = Lutra capensis Schinz 1821 African clawless otter
Carnivora - Otariidae	Arctocephalus pusillus Arctocephalus pusillus Schreber 1778 brown fur seal
Carnivora - Phocidae	"Lobodon carcinophagus" = Lobodon carcinophaga "Lobodon carcinophagus" = Lobodon carcinophaga Hombron and Jacquinot 1843 crabeater seal
Carnivora - Herpestidae	Galerella pulverulenta, Herpestes ichneumon Galerella pulverulenta Wagner 1839 Cape grey mongoose Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus 1758 Egyptian mongoose
Carnivora - Viverridae	Genetta tigrina Genetta tigrina Schreber 1776 Cape genet
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Parahyaena brunnea, Crocuta crocuta Parahyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
Carnivora - Felidae	Felis libyca, "Felis serval" = Caracal serval, Acinonyx jubatus, Panthera leo, Panthera pardus Felis libyca Forster 1780 African wildcat "Felis serval" = Caracal serval Schreber 1776 serval Acinonyx jubatus Schreber 1775 cheetah Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard