Hoedjiespunt 1: Middle Pleistocene, South Africa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax capensis (Sparrman 1788)
Reptilia - Spheniscidae
Spheniscus demersus (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Chersina angulata Schweigger 1812
Mammalia - Bovidae
Connochaetes gnou (Zimmermann 1780)
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis mesomelas Schreber 1775
recombined as Lupulella mesomelas
Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Arctocephalus pusillus (Schreber 1778)
Avery and Klein 2011
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Lobodon carcinophagus (Hombron and Jacquinot 1843)
Avery and Klein 2011
recombined as Lobodon carcinophaga
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Patellidae
Patella sp. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa
Coordinates: 33.0° South, 18.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.0° South, 18.0° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Chibanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate,bone collector
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:HDP1
Database number:115188
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-08-30 06:48:47 Last modified:2011-08-29 16:51:54
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-30 06:48:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
37305. D. D. Stynder, J. Moggi-Cecchi, L. R. Berger and J. E. Parkington. 2001. Human mandibular incisors from the late Middle Pleistocene locality of Hoedjiespunt 1, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution 41:369-383 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

37211 G. A. Avery and R. G. Klein. 2011. Review of fossil phocid and otariid seals from the southern and western coasts of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 66(1):14-24 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]