Where: South Africa (29.8° S, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 29.8° S, 16.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: eolian; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate, bone collector
Primary reference: R. G. Klein, K. Cruz-Uribe, D. Halkett, T. Hart, and J. E. Parkington. 1999. Paleoenvironmental and Human Behavioral Implications of the Boegoeberg 1 Late Pleistocene Hyena Den, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Quaternary Research 52:393-403 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 115184: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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Arctocephalus pusillus Schreber 1778 brown fur seal | |
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Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger
Ictonyx striatus Perry 1810 zorilla | |
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"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal
Otocyon megalotis Desmarest 1822 bat-eared fox
Vulpes chama Smith 1833 Cape fox
Lycaon pictus Temminck 1820 African wild dog | |
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Felis libyca Forster 1780 African wildcat
? Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion | |
"Hyaena brunnea" = Parahyaena brunnea
"Hyaena brunnea" = Parahyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena | |
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Suricata suricatta Schreber 1776 meerkat | |
Bovidae indet., Connochaetes taurinus, Redunca arundinum, Raphicerus campestris, Antidorcas marsupialis, Oryx gazella
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest
Redunca arundinum Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Antidorcas marsupialis Zimmerman 1780 springbok
Oryx gazella Linnaeus 1758 gemsbok | |
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Cetacea indet. whale | |
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Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin | |
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Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros | |
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Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit | |
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Bathyergus janetta Thomas and Schwann 1904 Namaqua dune mole rat | |