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