Kathu Pan (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 742, Kathu Pan,

Where: South Africa (27.7° S, 23.0° E: paleocoordinates 27.7° S, 23.7° E)

When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: One C14 date at 32000 years on charcoal; age basedon artifacts and fauna radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: spring; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: spring ETE event: flood, ETE env comment: spring site
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: silty sands

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 477, ; 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 21923: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum, "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli, Equus capensis
"Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
Equus capensis Broom 1909 horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Pelorovis antiquus Duvernoy 1851 antelope
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann 1780 black wildebeest
"Antidorcas bondi" = Gazella bondi Cooke and Wells 1951 gazelle
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
Adenota
  -
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932
Pedetes capensis
  -
"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis
"Pedetes capensis" = Yerbua capensis Forster 1778 South African springhare