Also known as ETE Locality 531, Langebaanweg 'E' Quarry,
Where: Langebaanweg, South Africa (33.0° S, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° S, 17.8° E)
When: Varswater Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: 0
Environment/lithology: cave; phosphatic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: bone collector
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 415, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: Q. B. Hendey. 1974. The Late Cenozoic Carnivora of the South-Western Cape Province. Annals of the South African Museum 63:1-369 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 21713: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.08.1995, edited by Mark Uhen and Trent Grasso
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Aves | |
Spheniscus predmersus n. sp.2
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Mammalia | |
Mammuthus subplanifrons mammoth | |
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere | |
cf. Procavia antiqua Broom 1934 Cape hyrax | |
Chrysochloris sp. Lacépède 1799 Cape golden mole | |
Elephantulus sp. Thomas and Schwann 1906 elephant shrew | |
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark | |
Ceratotherium praecox white rhino | |
"Hipparion albertense" = Eurygnathohippus albertense
"Hipparion albertense" = Eurygnathohippus albertense Hopwood 1926 hipparionine horse subspecies baardi
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Cetacea indet. whale | |
Giraffa cf. gracilis giraffe | |
aff. Tragoportax sp., Tragelaphus sp., aff. Pelorovis sp., aff. Raphicerus sp., Reduncini indet., Alcelaphini indet.
aff. Tragoportax sp. Pilgrim 1937 antelope
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
aff. Pelorovis sp. Reck 1928 antelope
aff. Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope | |
"aff. Diamantohyus sp." = Sanitherium
"aff. Diamantohyus sp." = Sanitherium von Meyer 1866 ruminant | |
Nyanzachoerus sp. Leakey 1958 pig | |
Libytherium olduvaiense placental | |
Percrocuta australis n. sp.
Percrocuta australis n. sp. Hendey 1974 carnivoran | |
cf. Homotherium sp., Machairodus sp., Dinofelis diastemata, "Felis obscura n. sp." = Yoshi obscura, "Felis aff. issiodorensis" = Lynx issiodorensis
cf. Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833 cat
Dinofelis diastemata Astre 1929 cat
"Felis obscura n. sp." = Yoshi obscura Hendey 1974 cat
"Felis aff. issiodorensis" = Lynx issiodorensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 lynx | |
"Hyaena abronia n. sp." = Ikelohyaena abronia, Hyaenictis preforfex n. sp.
"Hyaena abronia n. sp." = Ikelohyaena abronia Hendey 1974 hyaena
Hyaenictis preforfex n. sp. Hendey 1974 hyaena | |
Genetta sp. Cuvier 1816 civet
Viverra leakeyi Petter 1963 civet | |
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Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid | |
Agriotherium africanum Hendey 1972 bear | |
Enhydriodon africanus Stromer 1931 otter
Mellivora aff. punjabiensis Lydekker 1884 ratel | |
cf. Manis sp. Linnaeus 1758 pangolin | |
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew | |
Bathyergidae indet. Waterhouse 1841 mole rat | |
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse | |
Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885 placental | |
cf. Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey | |
Gazella vanhoepeni | |
"Gazella aff. vanhoepeni" = Phenacotragus vanhoepeni
"Gazella aff. vanhoepeni" = Phenacotragus vanhoepeni Wells and Cooke 1956 |