Also known as ETE Locality 731, Riversmead Shelter,
Where: Orange Free, South Africa (30.2° S, 25.9° E: paleocoordinates 30.2° S, 25.9° E)
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 222645 +- 95 on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: cave
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 488, 487, 485, 483, 482, 481, 478, 477, 456, 454, 121, 81, ; 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 21912: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 aardvark | |
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax | |
Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon | |
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Leporidae
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Cynictis penicillata Cuvier 1829 yellow mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus 1758 Egyptian mongoose | |
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Vulpes chama Smith 1833 Cape fox | |
Manis temmincki pangolin | |
Bovidae indet., Alcelaphus buselaphus, Connochaetes gnou, Raphicerus campestris, Redunca fulvorufula, Pelea capreolus
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann 1780 black wildebeest
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Pelea capreolus Forster 1790 grey rhebok | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog | |
Equus quagga, "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Rhinocerotidae
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Pedetes capensis | |
"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis
"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis Forster 1778 South African springhare |