Riversmead Shelter (Holocene of South Africa)

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

• 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: 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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 aardvark
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Leporidae
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Vulpes chama Smith 1833 Cape fox
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
Cynictis penicillata Cuvier 1829 yellow mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus 1758 Egyptian mongoose
 Pholidota - Manidae
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Rhinocerotidae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus quagga, "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
Equus quagga Boddaert 1785 plains zebra
ETE occurrence; species: or burchelli
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Bovidae
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann 1780 black wildebeest
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Pelea capreolus Forster 1790 grey rhebok
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Pedetes capensis
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"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis
"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis Forster 1778 South African springhare