Also known as ETE Locality 748, Sea Harvest Site,
Where: South Africa (33.0° S, 18.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.3° S, 17.8° E)
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: dates also based on stratigraphic and sedimentological obs.; C14 on ostrich eggshell radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: cave; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 485, 483, 482, 481, 480, 478, 477, 454, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: F. E. Grine and R.G. Klein. 1993. Late Pleisticene Humans Remains from the Sea Harvest Site, Saldanha Bay, South Africa. Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Wetenskap 89:145-152 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 21929: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1997, edited by John Damuth, Richard Potts and Hannah O'Regan
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human | |
Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon | |
Lepus saxatilis hare
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare | |
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine | |
Bathyergus suillus Schreber 1787 Cape dune mole rat | |
Vulpes chama Smith 1833 Cape fox
Lycaon pictus Temminck 1820 African wild dog
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal | |
Arctocephalus pusillus Schreber 1778 brown fur seal | |
"Lobodon carcinophagus" = Lobodon carcinophaga
"Lobodon carcinophagus" = Lobodon carcinophaga Hombron and Jacquinot 1843 crabeater seal | |
Aonyx capensis Schinz 1821 African clawless otter
Mellivora capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger
Ictonyx striatus Perry 1810 zorilla | |
"Felis serval" = Caracal serval Schreber 1776 serval
Acinonyx jubatus Schreber 1775 cheetah
Felis libyca Forster 1780 African wildcat
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion | |
Galerella pulverulenta Wagner 1839 Cape grey mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon Linnaeus 1758 Egyptian mongoose | |
Parahyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
Genetta tigrina Schreber 1776 Cape genet | |
Equus quagga Boddaert 1785 plains zebra
Equus capensis Broom 1909 horse | |
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
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Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Oreotragus oreotragus, Raphicerus campestris, Raphicerus melanotis, Sylvicapra grimmia, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Damaliscus dorcas, Connochaetes gnou, Pelea capreolus, Antidorcas marsupialis, Redunca arundinum, Hippotragus leucophaeus, Taurotragus oryx, Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae-small/medium
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae-medium/large
Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Raphicerus melanotis Thunberg 1811 Cape grysbok
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Damaliscus dorcas Pallas 1766 bontebok
Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann 1780 black wildebeest
Pelea capreolus Forster 1790 grey rhebok
Antidorcas marsupialis Zimmerman 1780 springbok
Redunca arundinum Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck
Hippotragus leucophaeus Pallas 1766 bluebuck
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog | |
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax | |
Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 aardvark | |
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant |