Black Earth Cave (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 739, Black Earth Cave,

Where: South Africa (27.6° S, 24.6° E: paleocoordinates 27.7° S, 24.5° E)

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: stratigraphy places site between Powerhouse Cave and Witkrans MSA; MSA deposits radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: cave

• ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: in Norlim travertine
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: red and black streaked clay; black earth; various limestones

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 485, 482, 481, 478, 454, 409, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: F. E. Peabody. 1954. Travertines and Cave Deposits of the Kaap Escarpment of South Africa, and the Type Locality of Australopithecus Africanus Dart. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 65:671-706 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21920: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
  -
Mammalia indet., Mammalia indet.
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE occurrence; species: Crocidurines
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE occurrence; species: Microchiropterans
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio sp., Cercopithecus sp.
Papio sp. Erxleben 1777 baboon
Cercopithecus sp. Linnaeus 1758 monkey
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet.
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
ETE occurrence; species: Leporidae
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp.
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes sp., Lycaon sp., Canis sp., Otocyon sp.
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox
Lycaon sp. Brookes 1827 canid
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Otocyon sp. Müller 1835 bat-eared fox
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mellivora sp.
Mellivora sp. Storr 1780 ratel
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera sp.
Panthera sp. Oken 1816 cat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet., Proteles sp.
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
ETE occurrence; species: Hyaenidae
Proteles sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1824 hyaena
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp., Equus sp., Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
ETE occurrence; species: small
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
ETE occurrence; species: medium
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
ETE occurrence; species: large
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros sp.
Diceros sp. Gray 1821 black rhino
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet.
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Antilopinae-small
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Antilopinae-large
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet.
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE occurrence; species: Suidae
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia sp.
Procavia sp. Storr 1780 Cape hyrax
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus sp.
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791 aardvark
Reptilia
  -
Reptilia indet.
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
ETE occurrence; species: Chelonia
 Squamata - Varanidae
Varanus sp.
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820 monitor lizard
Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio camelus
Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich