Lang. E Quarry-?mbr. (Miocene to of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 1047, Langebaanweg, " E Quarry, ?mbr.",

Where: South Africa (33.0° S, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.5° S, 16.6° E)

When: Varswater & Bredasdorp Formation, Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Dating by correl w/radiom dated sites

Environment/lithology: fluvial; phosphatic, conglomeratic, calcareous sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: coastal, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "coastal marine, estuarine, eolian envts"

•JA: originally uploaded as coastal but certainly fluvial of some kind; I believe the ETE field values are erroneous

• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "calcareous sands, sands with phosphate pellets, and phosphate cobbles and gravels"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 632, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: Q. B. Hendey. 1981. Paleoecology of the late Tertiary fossil occurences in 'E' Quarry, Langebaanweg, South Africa and a reinterpretation of their geological context. Annals of the South African Museum 84(1):1-104 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22224: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 04.06.1999, edited by Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae
Elephantulus sp.
Elephantulus sp. Thomas and Schwann 1906 elephant shrew
originally entered as "Elephatulus sp."
 Tribosphenida - Chrysochloridae
cf. Chrysochloris sp.
cf. Chrysochloris sp. Lacépède 1799 Cape golden mole
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus afer
Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 aardvark
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
cf. Suncus sp.
cf. Suncus sp. Ehrenberg 1832 white-toothed shrew
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocidae indet.
Phocidae indet. Gray 1821 seal
ETE occurrence; species: Phocidae
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursidae indet.
Ursidae indet. Gray 1825 bear
ETE occurrence; species: Ursidae
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet., Enhydriodon africanus
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
ETE occurrence; species: Mustelidae
Enhydriodon africanus Stromer 1931 otter
originally entered as "Enhydrion africanus"
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverridae indet.
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821 civet
ETE occurrence; species: Viverridae
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Felis aff. caracal" = Caracal caracal, Dinofelis sp.
"Felis aff. caracal" = Caracal caracal Schreber 1776 caracal
Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924 cat
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet.
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
ETE occurrence; species: Canidae
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa cf. gracilis
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovini indet., Tragelaphus aff. strepsiceros, "Tragelaphus aff. angasi" = Tragelaphus angasii, cf. Taurotragus sp., Damalacra neanica, Parmularius angusticornis
Bovini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: Bovini
Tragelaphus aff. strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
ETE occurrence; species: aff. grandis
"Tragelaphus aff. angasi" = Tragelaphus angasii Gray 1849 nyala
cf. Taurotragus sp. Wagner 1855 eland
Damalacra neanica Gentry 1980 antelope
Parmularius angusticornis Schwarz 1937 antelope
ETE occurrence; species: sp. B [originally entered as "Paramularius angusticornus"]
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion albertense" = Eurygnathohippus albertense, Equus cf. helmei
"Hipparion albertense" = Eurygnathohippus albertense Hopwood 1926 hipparionine horse
ETE occurrence; species: baardi
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Bathyergidae indet.
Bathyergidae indet. Waterhouse 1841 mole rat
ETE occurrence; species: Bathyergidae
 Rodentia - Muridae
Muridae indet.
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse
ETE occurrence; species: Muridae
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet.
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
ETE occurrence; species: Leporidae
Aves
 Coliiformes - Coliidae
Colius hendeyi
Colius hendeyi mousebird