Also known as ETE Locality 774, Emambeni,
Where: Swaziland (26.8° S, 31.1° E: paleocoordinates 26.8° S, 31.8° E)
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: late Holocene, age based on artifacts radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: cave
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 482, 481, 479, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: R. G. Klein. 1986. Later Stone Age Faunal Samples from Heuningneskrans Shelter (Transvaal) and Leopard's Hill Cave (Zambia). The South African Archaeological Bulletin 39:109-116 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21955: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by Richard Potts
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax | |
Taurotragus oryx, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Tragelaphus scriptus, Syncerus caffer, "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, Sylvicapra grimmia, Cephalophus monticola, Ourebia ourebi, Raphicerus sharpei, Raphicerus campestris, Oreotragus oreotragus, Aepyceros melampus, Redunca fulvorufula, Damaliscus lunatus, Alcelaphus sp.
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
"Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni Gunther 1884 Thomson's gazelle
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
Cephalophus monticola Thunberg 1789 blue duiker
Ourebia ourebi Zimmerman 1783 oribi
Raphicerus sharpei Thomas 1897 Sharpe's grysbok
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer
Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Damaliscus lunatus Burchell 1823 common tsessebe
Alcelaphus sp. Blainville 1816 hartebeest | |
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog | |
Manis temmincki pangolin | |
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine | |
Lepus saxatilis hare | |
"Cercopithecus aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops, Papio ursinus
"Cercopithecus aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops Linnaeus 1758 vervet monkey
Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon |