Also known as ETE Locality 735, Klasies River Mouth Main Site,
Where: South Africa (34.1° S, 24.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° S, 24.3° E)
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: MSA deposits; C14 on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: cave; sandstone
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 477, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: R. Singer and J. Wymer. 1982. The Middle Stone Age at Klasies River Mouth in South Africa. University of Chicago Press, Chicago [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21916: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth, Richard Potts and Hannah O'Regan
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Georychus capensis Pallas 1778 Cape mole-rat | |
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine | |
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare | |
Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon | |
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human | |
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros | |
Equus quagga Boddaert 1785 plains zebra | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
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Raphicerus melanotis, Ourebia ourebi, Antidorcas sp., Hippotragus leucophaeus, Damaliscus sp., Connochaetes sp., Alcelaphus buselaphus, Pelea capreolus, Redunca fulvorufula, Redunca arundinum, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Tragelaphus scriptus, Taurotragus oryx, Syncerus caffer, Pelorovis antiquus
Raphicerus melanotis Thunberg 1811 Cape grysbok
Ourebia ourebi Zimmerman 1783 oribi
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok
Hippotragus leucophaeus Pallas 1766 bluebuck
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Pelea capreolus Forster 1790 grey rhebok
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Redunca arundinum Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Pelorovis antiquus Duvernoy 1851 antelope | |
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
Felis libyca Forster 1780 African wildcat
"Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal Schreber 1776 caracal | |
Parahyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena | |
"Herpestes pulverulentus" = Galerella pulverulenta Wagner 1839 Cape grey mongoose
Atilax paludinosus Cuvier 1829 marsh mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus 1758 Egyptian mongoose | |
Aonyx capensis Schinz 1821 African clawless otter
Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger | |
Arctocephalus pusillus Schreber 1778 brown fur seal | |
Mirounga leonina Linnaeus 1758 southern elephant seal | |
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal | |
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax | |
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant |