Kromdraai B Mbr. 3 (Pliocene to of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 1155, Kromdraai B Mbr. 3, KB,

Where: South Africa (26.0° S, 27.5° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° S, 27.2° E)

When: 13 Member (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 reversed epoch (0.73-2.48 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; shale

• ETE sed env 1: trap, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
• ETE rock type adj: reddish-brown, ETE lithology comments: light reddish-brown banded and speckled silt with numerous calcite void fillings, stalagmites, and lenses

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 962, ; ETE museum list: TM

Primary reference: E. S. Vrba and D.C. Panagos. 1982. New perspectives on taphonomy, palaeoecology, and chronology of the Kromdraai apemen. Palaeoecology of Africa and the Surrounding Islands 15:13-26 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22331: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 12.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Primates - Hominidae
Paranthropus robustus
Paranthropus robustus Broom 1938 australopithecine
 Carnivora - Felidae
cf. Panthera pardus, Megantereon cf. gracile
cf. Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamidae indet.
Hippopotamidae indet. Gray 1821 hippopotamus
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippopotamidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Syncerus cf. acoelotus
Syncerus cf. acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
cf. Testudo sp.
cf. Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle