Makapansgat - Mbr. 5 (Pliocene of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 1178, red sandy and gravelly breccia, Phase II breccia, Makapansgat - Mbr. 5,

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

When: 15 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: ch sed reflect ch sed source
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: "Beds A-E:slty loam,snd, grav&sndy loam"

Collection methods: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 930, 926, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: T. C. Partridge. 1979. Re-appraisal of lithostratigraphy of Makapansgat Limeworks hominid site. Nature 279(5713):484-488 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 22354: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Hippotragus gigas, Damaliscus gentryi, Syncerus cf. acoelotus
Hippotragus gigas Leakey 1965 antelope
Damaliscus gentryi Vrba 1977 antelope
Syncerus cf. acoelotus Gentry 1985 African buffalo