Swartlintjies 1 (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Where: Namaqualand, South Africa (30.3° S, 17.3° E: paleocoordinates 30.3° S, 17.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Middle Pleistocene (Acheulean)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

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 51188: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.05.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata - Viperidae
? Viperidae indet.
? Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811 viper
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet.
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta sp.
Loxodonta sp. Cuvier 1825 African elephant
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet.
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Theriamorpha - Sivatheridae
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium
"Sivatherium maurusium" = Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893 placental
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Pronolagus sp.
Pronolagus sp. Lyon 1904 rabbit
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Cryptomys sp.
Cryptomys sp. Gray 1964 mole rat
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Paraxerus inuus
Paraxerus inuus African Bush Squirrel
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sp.
Homo sp. Linnaeus 1758 human
Acheulean artifacts