Duinefontein 2 (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 772, Duinefontein 2,

Where: South Africa (33.0° S, 18.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.0° S, 17.9° E)

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: no material at Duinefontein was directly datable, so dates are based on fauna and artifacts radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: eolian; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: eolian, ETE sed env 2: swamp ETE event: ., ETE env comment: margin of marsh;eolian and colluvial components
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: yellow and red sands

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 488, 483, 482, 479, 478, 477, 456, 121, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: R. G. Klein. 1976. A Preliminary Report on the Middle Stone Age Open-Air Site of Duinefontein 2 (Melkbosstrand, South-Western Cape Province, South Africa). South African Archaeological Bulletin 31:12-20 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 21953: 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

Reptilia
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Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE occurrence; species: Chelonia
Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich
Reptilia
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Francolinus sp. Stephens 1819 francolin
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Bathyergus suillus Schreber 1787 Cape dune mole rat
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus capensis Broom 1909 horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Megalotragus priscus Broom 1909 antelope
Antidorcas marsupialis Zimmerman 1780 springbok
Raphicerus melanotis Thunberg 1811 Cape grysbok
Hippotragus leucophaeus Pallas 1766 bluebuck
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Arctocephalus pusillus Schreber 1778 brown fur seal
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
"Herpestes pulverulentus" = Galerella pulverulenta
"Herpestes pulverulentus" = Galerella pulverulenta Wagner 1839 Cape grey mongoose
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Parahyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion