Klasies River Mouth Cave 1D (Holocene of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 738, Klasies River Mouth Cave 1D,

Where: South Africa (34.1° S, 24.4° E)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: LSA deposits; 2285 +- 105; 4755 +- 95; dates 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 sands

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 483, 482, 481, 479, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: R. G. Klein. 1976. The Mammalian Fauna of the Klasies River Mouth Sites, Southern Cape Province, South Africa. South African Archaeological Bulletin 31:75-98 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21919: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Arctocephalus pusillus
Arctocephalus pusillus Schreber 1778 brown fur seal
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Mirounga leonina
Mirounga leonina Linnaeus 1758 southern elephant seal