Also known as ETE Locality 1164, Makapansgat - general,
Where: South Africa (24.2° S, 29.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.3° S, 28.6° E)
When: Makapansgat Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Fauna/paleomag data sugg age=~3.0 Ma,w/range=3.32-2.6 Ma"
Environment/lithology: cave; breccia
Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 933, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: P. M. Butler and M. Greenwood. 1976. Elephant Shrews (Macroscelididae) from Olduvai and Makapansgat. Fossil Vertebrates of Africa 4:1-50 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22340: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Elephantulus antiquus elephant shrew
Elephantulus langi elephant shrew | |
Parapapio spp., Parapapio broomi, Parapapio whitei, Parapapio jonesi, "Simopithecus darti" = Theropithecus, Cercopithecoides broomi
Parapapio spp. Jones 1937 monkey
Parapapio whitei Broom 1940 monkey
Parapapio jonesi Broom 1940 monkey
Cercopithecoides broomi monkey | |
Australopithecus africanus Dart 1925 australopithecine originally entered as "Austrlopithecus africanus"
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Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Ceratotherium simum or D. bicornis
Ceratotherium simum Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros | |
"cf. Stylohipparion steytleri" = Hipparion, Equus helmei
"cf. Stylohipparion steytleri" = Hipparion hipparionine horse
Equus helmei horse | |
Taurotragus cf. oryx, "Tragelaphus angasi" = Tragelaphus angasii, "Strepsiceros strepsiceros" = Tragelaphus strepsiceros, cf. Syncerus caffer, Makapania broomi, cf. Oryx gazella, Cephalophus caerulus, Cephalophus pricei, Redunca arudinum, Redunca fulvorufula, Redunca darti, Oreotragus major, Aepyceros cf. melampus, cf. Alcelaphus robustus, "cf. Gorgon taurinus" = Connochaetes taurinus, Damaliscus aff. albifrons, Gazella gracilior
Taurotragus cf. oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
"Tragelaphus angasi" = Tragelaphus angasii Gray 1849 nyala
"Strepsiceros strepsiceros" = Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
cf. Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Makapania broomi Wells and Cooke 1956 antelope
cf. Oryx gazella Linnaeus 1758 gemsbok
Cephalophus caerulus duiker
Cephalophus pricei duiker
Redunca arudinum reedbuck
Redunca darti Wells and Cooke 1956 reedbuck
Oreotragus major klipspringer
Aepyceros cf. melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
cf. Alcelaphus robustus hartebeest
"cf. Gorgon taurinus" = Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest
Damaliscus aff. albifrons antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name from unique name
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"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus, "cf. Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus, "Potamochoeroides shawi" = Metridiochoerus shawi
"Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
"cf. Notochoerus euilus" = Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 giant forest hog
"Potamochoeroides shawi" = Metridiochoerus shawi Dale 1948 pig | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Strepsiceros cf. angasi placental | |
Libytherium cf. olduvaiense placental | |
"Canis cf. adustus" = Schaeffia adusta Sundevall 1847 side-striped jackal
"cf. Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal ETE occurrence; species: pappos
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox | |
Cynictis penicillata Cuvier 1829 yellow mongoose ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: brachyodon
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Machairodus darti, Megantereon gracile, Therailurus barlowi, aff. Felis cafra, Felis libyca, Acinonyx jubatus, cf. Leptailurus spelaeus, "Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal, "aff. Caracal caracal" = Caracal caracal, "Felis serval" = Caracal serval, "Felis aff. issiodorensis" = Lynx issiodorensis
Felis libyca Forster 1780 African wildcat
Acinonyx jubatus Schreber 1775 cheetah
"Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal Schreber 1776 caracal
"aff. Caracal caracal" = Caracal caracal Schreber 1776 caracal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: aff. Caracal caracal
"Felis serval" = Caracal serval Schreber 1776 serval
"Felis aff. issiodorensis" = Lynx issiodorensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 lynx ETE occurrence; species: mak - species name from unique name
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Gazella vanhoepeni | |
"Gazella vanhoepeni" = Phenacotragus vanhoepeni
"Gazella vanhoepeni" = Phenacotragus vanhoepeni Wells and Cooke 1956 |