Blydefontein Shelter (Holocene of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 759, Blydefontein Shelter,

Where: South Africa (30.7° S, 25.5° E: paleocoordinates 30.7° S, 25.5° E)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 463650 +- 120 on charcoal; dates to recent times radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: cave

• ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: cave filled with windblown deposits
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 485, 482, 478, 456, 454, 409, 121, ; 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 21940: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus quagga, "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
Equus quagga Boddaert 1785 plains zebra
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Bovidae
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Pelea capreolus Forster 1790 grey rhebok
Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann 1780 black wildebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
Felis libyca Forster 1780 African wildcat
"Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal Schreber 1776 caracal
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
Cynictis penicillata Cuvier 1829 yellow mongoose
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes chama Smith 1833 Cape fox
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Leporidae
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon