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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki
"Elephas recki" = Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 elephant | |
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare | |
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine | |
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
"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 | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog | |
Giraffa camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758 giraffe | |
Taurotragus oryx, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Pelorovis antiquus, Syncerus caffer, Damaliscus sp., Alcelaphus buselaphus, Connochaetes gnou, "Antidorcas bondi" = Gazella bondi
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 | |
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 |