Klasies River Mouth Main Site (Pleistocene of South Africa)

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

• ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: coastal cave
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: brown to greyish brown silty sand

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
  -
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Cetacea
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Georychus capensis Pallas 1778 Cape mole-rat
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus quagga Boddaert 1785 plains zebra
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Delphidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
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
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
Felis libyca Forster 1780 African wildcat
"Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal Schreber 1776 caracal
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Parahyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
"Herpestes pulverulentus" = Galerella pulverulenta Wagner 1839 Cape grey mongoose
Atilax paludinosus Cuvier 1829 marsh mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus 1758 Egyptian mongoose
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Aonyx capensis Schinz 1821 African clawless otter
Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Arctocephalus pusillus Schreber 1778 brown fur seal
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Mirounga leonina Linnaeus 1758 southern elephant seal
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant