Paternoster (Holocene of South Africa)

Where: South Africa (32.8° S, 17.9° E: paleocoordinates 32.8° S, 17.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• 1000 to 870 ybp

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic, midden

Primary reference: G. Avery and L. G. Underhill. 1986. Seasonal exploitation of seabirds by Late Holocene coastal foragers: Analysis of modern and archaeological data from Western Cape, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science 13:339-360 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 177146: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.03.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Bubo africanus Temminck 1821 spotted eagle-owl
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Morus capensis Lichtenstein 1823 Cape gannet
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
"Phalacrocorax coronatus" = Microcarbo coronatus Wahlberg 1855 crowned cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo Linnaeus 1758 great cormorant
Phalacrocorax capensis Sparrman 1788 cape cormorant
 Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Spheniscus demersus Linnaeus 1758 African penguin
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758 common tern
Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein 1823 kelp gull
"Sterna bergii" = Thalasseus bergii Lichtenstein 1823 great crested tern
 Charadriiformes - Haematopodidae
Haematopus moquini Bonaparte 1856 African oystercatcher