Kromdraai B - Layer 2 (Pliocene to of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 1154, Kromdraai B - Layer 2, KB,

Where: South Africa (26.0° S, 27.8° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° S, 27.6° E)

When: Kromdraai Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene to Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Fauna and paleomag data suggest 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: 961, ; ETE museum list: TM

Primary reference: D. L. Jones, A. Brock, and P. L. McFadden. 1986. Palaeomagnetic results from the Kromdraai and Sterkfontein hominid sites. South African Journal of Science 82:160-163 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22330: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.08.1999, edited by Hannah O'Regan

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
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Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Falconiformes
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp.
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
Herpestes sp.
Herpestes sp. Illliger 1811 mongoose
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Parahyaena cf. brunnea, Proteles sp.
Parahyaena cf. brunnea Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena
Proteles sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1824 hyaena
 Carnivora - Felidae
cf. Megantereon sp.
cf. Megantereon sp. Croizet and Jobert 1828 cat
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Bovidae indet., Connochaetes sp.
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
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet., Papio robinsoni, "Papio angusticeps" = Parapapio angusticeps
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821 monkey
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae
Papio robinsoni Freedman 1957 baboon
"Papio angusticeps" = Parapapio angusticeps Broom 1940 monkey
Adenota
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"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932