Glen Elliott Shelter (Holocene of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 685, Glen Elliott Shelter,

Where: South Africa (30.4° S, 25.9° E: paleocoordinates 30.4° S, 25.9° E)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 331120 +- 70; 90 +- 90; on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: cave

• ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: rock shelter
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 483, 482, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: R. G. Klein. 1986. The Prehistory of Stone Age Herders in the Cape Province of South Africa. South African Aechaeological Society Goodwin Series 5:5-12 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21866: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 aardvark
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Antidorcas marsupialis Zimmerman 1780 springbok
Damaliscus dorcas Pallas 1766 bontebok
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann 1780 black wildebeest
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus quagga, "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
Equus quagga Boddaert 1785 plains zebra
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
Cynictis penicillata Cuvier 1829 yellow mongoose
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal
"Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal Schreber 1776 caracal
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Leporidae
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon
Pedetes capensis
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"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis
"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis Forster 1778 South African springhare