Also known as ETE Locality 763, Tienfontein 4A,
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: 21150 +- 45 on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology:
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 487, 483, 482, 481, 478, 477, 81, ; 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 21944: 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 | |
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human | |
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
Atilax paludinosus Cuvier 1829 marsh mongoose | |
Alcelaphus buselaphus, Connochaetes gnou, Damaliscus dorcas, Antidorcas marsupialis, Raphicerus campestris, 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
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog |