Lang. Baards Quarry-lo assem. (Miocene to of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 1052, Langebaanweg, "Baard's Quarry, lower assem.",

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

When: Varswater 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: estuary or bay; sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: coastal, ETE sed env 2: estuary ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "marine, estuarine, riverine"
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: phosphatic&quartzose sands&phos sdy grav

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 10042, ; 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

PaleoDB collection 22229: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 04.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Orycetropus sp.
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus subplanifrons
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet., cf. Anancus sp.
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
ETE occurrence; species: Gomphotheriidae
cf. Anancus sp. Aymard 1855 gomphothere
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Homiphoca capensis
Homiphoca capensis Hendey and Repenning 1972 seal
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mellivora cf. capensis
Mellivora cf. capensis Schreber 1776 honey badger
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena cf. bellax
 Carnivora - Felidae
cf. Panthera sp.
cf. Panthera sp. Oken 1816 cat
 Carnivora - Canidae
cf. Canidae indet., cf. Canis sp.
cf. Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: cf. Canidae
cf. Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Sivatherium sp.
Sivatherium sp. Falconer and Cautley 1836 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Mesembriportax acrae, Antilopini indet., Antidorcas sp., "Antidorcas australis" = Antidorcas marsupialis australis, Raphicerus sp., "Kobus porrecticornis" = Antilope porrecticornis, Gazella praethomsoni, Connochaetes taurinus
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Alcelaphini sp1-Old
Mesembriportax acrae Gentry 1974 antelope
Antilopini indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antilopini
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847 springbok
"Antidorcas australis" = Antidorcas marsupialis australis Hendey and Hendey 1968 springbok
Raphicerus sp. Smith 1827 antelope
"Kobus porrecticornis" = Antilope porrecticornis Lydekker 1878 antelope
Gazella praethomsoni Arambourg 1947 gazelle
Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp.
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion baardi, Equus cf. capensis
Hipparion baardi hipparionine horse
Equus cf. capensis Broom 1909 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros bicornis, Ceratotherium sp.
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
Ceratotherium sp. Gray 1868 white rhino