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