Tienfontein 2 (Holocene of South Africa)

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:

• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 aardvark
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Leporidae
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Aonyx capensis Schinz 1821 African clawless otter
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
Cynictis penicillata Cuvier 1829 yellow mongoose
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
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
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog