Dikbosch 1 (Pleistocene to of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 687, Dikbosch 1,

Where: Orange Free, South Africa (28.7° S, 23.9° E: paleocoordinates 28.7° S, 23.8° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 8613770 +- 130; 1720 +- 40; Late Stone Age; Two separate occupations?; dates on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: cave; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: travertine deposits
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: ash; brown soil; shale slabs; soft brown sand

Collection methods: quarrying

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

Primary reference: R. G. Klein. 1979. Paleoenvironmental and Cultural Implications of Late Holocene Archaeological Faunas from the Orange Free State and North Central Cape Province, South Africa. South African Archaeological Bulletin 34:34-49 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21868: 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
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal
"Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal Schreber 1776 caracal
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
Cynictis penicillata Cuvier 1829 yellow mongoose
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann 1780 black wildebeest
Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Ovis aries Linnaeus 1758 domestic sheep
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Antidorcas marsupialis Zimmerman 1780 springbok
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus quagga Boddaert 1785 plains zebra
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Rhinocerotidae