Kromdraai B - Layer 3 (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 1153, Kromdraai B - Layer 3, KB,

Where: South Africa (26.0° S, 27.8° E: paleocoordinates 26.0° S, 27.6° E)

When: Kromdraai Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Fauna and paleomagnetic data suggest an age within Matuyama Reverse epoch (0.73-2.48 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; breccia

• ETE sed env 1: trap, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: decalcified breccia

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 960, ; ETE museum list: TM

Primary reference: C. K. Brain. 1981. The Hunters of the Hunted? An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy. University of Chicago Press, Chicago [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22329: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.08.1999, edited by John Damuth and Hannah O'Regan

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Parahyaena cf. brunnea
Parahyaena cf. brunnea Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverra sp.
Viverra sp. Linnaeus 1758 civet
 Carnivora - Felidae
cf. Dinofelis sp., Panthera pardus
cf. Dinofelis sp. Zdansky 1924 cat
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp.
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Phacochoerus antiquus
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Connochaetes sp., Reduncini indet.
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antelopini size I
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antelopini size II
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antelopini size III
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Antelopini size IV
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Reduncini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1907 antelope
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reduncini
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
cf. Lepus sp.
cf. Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet., "Papio angusticeps" = Parapapio angusticeps, Papio robinsoni, Cercopithecoides williamsi
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cerocpithecidae
"Papio angusticeps" = Parapapio angusticeps Broom 1940 monkey
Papio robinsoni Freedman 1957 baboon
Cercopithecoides williamsi Mollet 1947 monkey
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
cf. Crocodylus niloticus
cf. Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile
 Testudines - Testudinidae
cf. Testudo sp.
cf. Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
Adenota
  -
"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932