Also known as ETE Locality 762, Tienfontein 2,
Where: Orange Free, South Africa (29.7° S, 27.4° E: paleocoordinates 29.7° S, 27.4° E)
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: materials >95 +- 46, 80 +- 45, culturally less than 4500 years old; dates on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology:
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 483, ; 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 21943: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 aardvark | |
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax | |
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Leporidae
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Aonyx capensis Schinz 1821 African clawless otter | |
Cynictis penicillata Cuvier 1829 yellow mongoose | |
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
Alcelaphus buselaphus, Connochaetes gnou, Damaliscus dorcas, Antidorcas marsupialis, Raphicerus campestris, Redunca fulvorufula, Redunca arundinum, Syncerus caffer, Bos taurus
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Connochaetes gnou Zimmermann 1780 black wildebeest
Damaliscus dorcas Pallas 1766 bontebok
Antidorcas marsupialis Zimmerman 1780 springbok
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Redunca arundinum Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog |