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 | |
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax | |
Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 aardvark | |
Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Leporidae
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Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine | |
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Vulpes chama Smith 1833 Cape fox | |
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
Cynictis penicillata Cuvier 1829 yellow mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus 1758 Egyptian mongoose | |
Manis temmincki pangolin | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Rhinocerotidae
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Equus quagga, "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog | |
Bovidae indet., Alcelaphus buselaphus, Connochaetes gnou, Redunca fulvorufula, Pelea capreolus, Raphicerus campestris
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 | |
"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis
"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis Forster 1778 South African springhare |