Also known as ETE Locality 773, Elandsfontein (Cutting 10),
Where: South Africa (33.1° S, 18.3° E: paleocoordinates 33.9° S, 18.1° E)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: age based on fauna and artifacts (stone tools) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: sandstone
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 487, 485, 482, 481, 479, 478, 454, 81, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: R. G. Klein. 1988. The Archaeological Significance of Animal Bones from Acheulean Sites in Southern Africa. The African Archaeological Review 6:3-25 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21954: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1997, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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Mammalia | |
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Rhinocerotidae
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Equus zebra Linnaeus 1758 mountain zebra | |
Redunca arundinum, Connochaetes sp., Damaliscus hunteri, Damaliscus sp., Megalotragus priscus, Antidorcas sp., Raphicerus sp., "Damaliscus niro" = Hippotragus niro, Pelorovis sp., Taurotragus oryx
Redunca arundinum Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Damaliscus hunteri antelope
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
Megalotragus priscus Broom 1909 antelope
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok
Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope
"Damaliscus niro" = Hippotragus niro Hopwood 1936 antelope
Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland | |
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal | |
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion |