Elandsfontein (Cutting 10) (Pleistocene of South Africa)

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

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: surface deposit of bones-waterhole
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

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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Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Chelonia
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Rhinocerotidae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus zebra Linnaeus 1758 mountain zebra
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Redunca arundinum Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
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
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion