Also known as ETE Locality 895, Matupi Cave - Unit Matupi II,
Where: Congo-Kinshasa (1.4° N, 29.8° E: paleocoordinates 1.3° N, 29.8° E)
When: Unit Matupi II Member, Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: "max=21350 +/- 3500y BP,TL date from 120 cm bel surf;min=2910 +/- 75y BP,C14 date from 30 cm bel surf" radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: cave
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 487, 485, 483, 478, 477, 454, 81, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: W. Van Neer. 1990. Les faunes de vertebres quaternaires en Afrique centrale. Paysages quat. de Afrique centrale atlantique,R.Lanfranchi(ed),Paris 195-220 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 22074: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 24.02.1999, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Homorus indet., Atherus africanus, Subuliniscus indet., Pseudopeas indet., Gonaxis pusillus, Ptychotrema quadrinotatum, Cephalphus sylvicultur, Helixarion indet.
Homorus indet. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Subuliniscus indet. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Pseudopeas indet. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Helixarion indet. ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
| |
Gastropoda | |
| |
| |
Bivalvia | |
| |
Mammalia | |
| |
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant | |
Procavia sp. Storr 1780 Cape hyrax
"Procavia johnstoni" = Procavia capensis johnstoni Thomas 1894 Cape hyrax | |
Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 aardvark | |
Rousettus angolensis rousette
Rousettus sp. Gray 1821 rousette
Rousettus aegyptiacus Geoffroy 1810 Egyptian rousette | |
| |
Okapia johnstoni Sclater 1901 okapi | |
Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Tragelaphus sp., "Tragelaphus spekei" = Tragelaphus spekii, Tragelaphus eurycerus, Tragelaphus scriptus, Syncerus caffer, Reduncini indet., Redunca sp., Redunca redunca, Kobus kob, Hippotragus sp., cf. Hippotragus sp., Neotragus batesi, Oreotragus oreotragus, Ourebia ourebi, cf. Ourebia ourebi, Alcelaphini indet., Cephalophus sp., cf. Cephalophus sp., Cephalophus monticola
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816 antelope
"Tragelaphus spekei" = Tragelaphus spekii Sclater 1864 sitatunga
Tragelaphus eurycerus Ogilby 1837 bongo
Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini
Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck
Redunca redunca Hamilton Smith 1827 bohor reedbuck
Kobus kob Erxleben 1777 kob
Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope
cf. Hippotragus sp. Sundevall 1845 antelope
Neotragus batesi antelope
Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer
Ourebia ourebi Zimmerman 1783 oribi
cf. Ourebia ourebi Zimmerman 1783 oribi
Cephalophus sp. Smith 1827 duiker
cf. Cephalophus sp. Smith 1827 duiker
Cephalophus monticola Thunberg 1789 blue duiker | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni Thomas 1904 giant forest hog
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog | |
Panthera pardus, "Felis serval" = Caracal serval
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
"Felis serval" = Caracal serval Schreber 1776 serval | |
Atilax paludinosus Cuvier 1829 marsh mongoose | |
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine | |
Scutisorex somereni white-toothed shrew | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Leporidae
| |
Funisciurus sp. Trouessart 1880 Rope Squirrel
Protoxerus stangeri African giant squirrel | |
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat
Thryonomys swinderianus Temminck 1827 greater cane rat
Thryonomys gregorianus Thomas 1894 Lesser cane rat | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Cricetomys sp. Waterhouse 1840 giant pouched rat | |
Dasymys incomtus mouse | |
| |
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae
Papio anubis Cuvier 1824 olive baboon
Cercopithecus sp. Linnaeus 1758 monkey | |
Galagoides demidovii galago | |
Reptilia | |
| |
| |
Kinixys sp. Bell 1827 hingeback tortoise
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
Aves | |
| |
Francolinus sp. Stephens 1819 francolin | |
Caprimulgus sp. Linnaeus 1758 nightjar | |
Columba sp. Linnaeus 1758 dove | |
Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich | |
Amphibia | |
| |
Bacillariophyceae | |
Trichotoxon cf. ruwenzoriense diatom ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
|