Plovers Lake (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 780, Plovers Lake, SAM,

Where: South Africa (26.0° S, 27.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° S, 27.6° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: composite, ETE age comment: 441.0 million years based on faunal comparison radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: karst

• ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: breccia, ETE lithology comments: sandy

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 488, 485, 482, 481, 478, 477, 456, 454, 121, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: J. F. Thackeray and V. Watson. 1994. A preliminary account of faunal remains from Plovers Lake. South African Journal of Science 90:231-232 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21961: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Dendromys sp.
Mammalia
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia transvaalensis, Procavia capensis
Procavia transvaalensis Shaw 1937 Cape hyrax
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax
 Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae
Elephantulus sp.
Elephantulus sp. Thomas and Schwann 1906 elephant shrew
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus capensis, "Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
Equus capensis Broom 1909 horse
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Taurotragus oryx, Tragelaphus scriptus, Pelea capreolus, Kobus ellipsiprymnus, Connochaetes sp., Alcelaphus sp., "Antidorcas bondi" = Gazella bondi
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
Pelea capreolus Forster 1790 grey rhebok
Kobus ellipsiprymnus Ogilby 1833 waterbuck
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Alcelaphus sp. Blainville 1816 hartebeest
ETE occurrence; species: or Damaliscus
"Antidorcas bondi" = Gazella bondi Cooke and Wells 1951 gazelle
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Metridiochoerus andrewsi
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926 pig
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Felis pardus" = Panthera pardus
"Felis pardus" = Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidura silacea
Crocidura silacea white-toothed shrew
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Cryptomys hottentotus
Cryptomys hottentotus Lesson 1826 common mole rat
 Rodentia - Nesomyidae
Mystromys albicaudatus
 Rodentia - Muridae
Zelotomys woosnami, Otomys sp., Aethomys cf. namaquensis, Mus minutoides
Otomys sp. Cuvier 1824 mouse
Mus minutoides house mouse
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio robinsoni
Papio robinsoni Freedman 1957 baboon
Bubalis
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"Megalotragus priscus" = Bubalis priscus
"Megalotragus priscus" = Bubalis priscus Broom 1909