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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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Aves | |
Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich | |
Reptilia | |
Francolinus sp. Stephens 1819 francolin | |
Mammalia | |
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant | |
Bathyergus suillus Schreber 1787 Cape dune mole rat | |
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare | |
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros | |
Equus capensis Broom 1909 horse | |
Redunca sp., Connochaetes sp., Megalotragus priscus, Antidorcas marsupialis, Raphicerus melanotis, Hippotragus leucophaeus, Syncerus caffer, Tragelaphus sp., Taurotragus oryx
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 | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal | |
Arctocephalus pusillus Schreber 1778 brown fur seal | |
"Herpestes pulverulentus" = Galerella pulverulenta
"Herpestes pulverulentus" = Galerella pulverulenta Wagner 1839 Cape grey mongoose | |
Parahyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena | |
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion |