Also known as ETE Locality 639, Sterkfontein - Member 2,
Where: South Africa (26.0° S, 27.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.3° S, 27.3° E)
When: max: zone min: zone zone, 12 Member (Sterkfontein Formation), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: Members 2-4 probably fall within Gauss (paleomag), these are approximate dates
Environment/lithology: cave; siltstone
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 482, 480, 479, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list: TM
Primary reference: T. C. Partridge. 1978. Re-appraisal of lithostratigraphy of Sterkfontein hominid site. Nature 275:282-287 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21821: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.10.1995, edited by John Damuth and Hannah O'Regan
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Megantereon cultridens, Dinofelis barlowi, Acinonyx jubatus, Panthera pardus, "Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal
Megantereon cultridens Cuvier 1824 cat
Dinofelis barlowi Broom 1937 cat
Acinonyx jubatus Schreber 1775 cheetah
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
"Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal Schreber 1776 caracal | |
Chasmaporthetes silberbergi hyaena |