Makapansgat - Mbr. 2 (Pliocene of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 1163, EXQRM, red breccia, red calcified muds, Makapansgat - Mbr. 2,

Where: South Africa (24.2° S, 29.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.4° S, 28.6° E)

When: 12 Member (Makapansgat Formation), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Fauna/paleomag data sugg age=~3.0 Ma, range=3.32 to 2.6 Ma"

Environment/lithology: cave

• ETE sed env 1: trap, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: collophanite ind bats
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: slty loam w/speleothems;calcite lenticles

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 933, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: T. N. Pocock. 1987. Plio-Pleistocene fossil mammalian microfauna of southern Africa: a preliminary report including descriptions of two new fossil muroid genera (Mammalia: Rodentia). Palaeontologica Africana 26:69-91 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22339: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Proodontomys cookei
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena hyaena
Hyaena hyaena Linnaeus 1758 striped hyaena
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: makapani
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
Helogale sp.
Helogale sp. Gray 1861 dwarf mongoose
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Parmularius braini
Parmularius braini Vrba 1977 antelope
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Suncus cf. infinitessimus, Suncus cf. varilla, Diplomesodon fossorius, Myosorex cf. varius
Suncus cf. infinitessimus white-toothed shrew
Suncus cf. varilla Thomas 1895 Lesser dwarf shrew
Diplomesodon fossorius white-toothed shrew
Myosorex cf. varius white-toothed shrew
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Pronolagus sp.
Pronolagus sp. Lyon 1904 rabbit
 Rodentia - Muridae
Steatomys sp., Dasymys sp., Acomys sp., Mus sp., "Aethomys cf. namaquensis" = Epimys (Aethomys), "Aethomys cf. chrysophilus" = Epimys (Aethomys), Otomys cf. gracilis, Otomys cf. sloggetti, Rhabdomys sp., Praomys sp.
Steatomys sp. Peters 1846 fat mouse
Dasymys sp. Peters 1875 mouse
Acomys sp. Geoffroy 1838 (African) spiny mice
Mus sp. Linnaeus 1758 house mouse
"Aethomys cf. namaquensis" = Epimys (Aethomys) rock rat
"Aethomys cf. chrysophilus" = Epimys (Aethomys) rock rat
Rhabdomys sp. Thomas 1916 striped mouse
Praomys sp. Thomas 1915 African soft-furred rat
 Rodentia - Nesomyidae
Malacothrix sp., Dendromus sp., Mystromys cf. hausleitneri
Malacothrix sp. Wagner 1843 mouse
Dendromus sp. Smith 1829 African climbing mice
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Graphiurus cf. monardi
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Cryptomys cf. hottentotus
Cryptomys cf. hottentotus Lesson 1826 common mole rat
 Tribosphenida - Chrysochloridae
"Calcochloris hamiltoni" = Amblysomus
"Calcochloris hamiltoni" = Amblysomus African golden mole
 Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae
Elephantulus antiquus, Elephantulus cf. brachyrhynchus
Elephantulus antiquus elephant shrew
Elephantulus cf. brachyrhynchus Smith 1834 Short-snouted elephant shrew
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus cf. darlingi, Rhinolophus cf. clivosus
Rhinolophus cf. clivosus Cretzschmar 1828 Geoffroy's horseshoe bat
 Chiroptera - Nycteridae
Nycteris sp.
Nycteris sp. Geoffroy 1803 slit-faced bat
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Eptesicus cf. hottentotus, Eptesicus cf. bottae, Miniopterus sp.
Miniopterus sp. Bonaparte 1837 bend-winged bat
Taterillus
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Taterillus sp.
Taterillus sp. Thomas 1910