Swart Duinen (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Where: Namaqualand, South Africa (30.0° S, 17.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Late Pleistocene

Environment/lithology: eolian

• calcareous aeolianites

Primary reference: M. Pickford and B. Senut. 1997. Cainozoic mammals from coastal Namaqualand, South Africa. Paleontologia Africana 34:199-217 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51187: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.05.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
? Ranidae indet.
? Ranidae indet. Rafinesque 1814 frog
Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio camelus
Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 common ostrich
Reptilia
 Squamata - Viperidae
? Viperidae indet.
? Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811 viper
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet.
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
Mammalia
 Tribosphenida - Chrysochloridae
Chrysochloridae indet.
Chrysochloridae indet. Gray 1825 golden mole
 Rodentia - Muridae
Parotomys sp., Gerbillurus sp., "Mastomys sp." = Epimys (Mastomys), Rhabdomys sp.
Parotomys sp. Thomas 1918 mouse
Gerbillurus sp. Shortridge 1942 gerbil
"Mastomys sp." = Epimys (Mastomys) Thomas 1915 rat
Rhabdomys sp. Thomas 1916 striped mouse
 Rodentia - Nesomyidae
Mystromys sp.
Mystromys sp. Wagner 1841 mouse
 Rodentia - Petromuridae
Petromus sp.
Petromus sp. Smith 1831 rodent
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Bathyergus sp.
Bathyergus sp. Illiger 1811 dune mole rat
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Pronolagus sp.
Pronolagus sp. Lyon 1904 rabbit
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet.
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Raphicerus campestris
Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 steenbok
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Giraffa sp.
Giraffa sp. Brisson 1762 giraffe
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
Suricata suricatta
Suricata suricatta Schreber 1776 meerkat
originally entered as "Suricata suricata"
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocidae indet.
Phocidae indet. Gray 1821 seal
Gastropoda
 Stylommatophora - Acavidae
Trigonephrus sp.
Insecta
 Dicondylia -
? Coleoptera indet.
? Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle