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