Duinefontein North: Late/Upper Pleistocene, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Otomys sp.
Cuvier 1824
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Bathyergidae
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Bathyergus suillus
(Schreber 1787)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Otariidae
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Arctocephalus pusillus
(Schreber 1778)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Raphicerus sp.
Smith 1827
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Pelorovis antiquus
(Duvernoy 1851)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Chersina angulata
Schweigger 1812
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Reptilia
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Serpentes indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Pternistis capensis
(Gmelin 1789)
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Macronectes sp.
Richmond 1905
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Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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Spheniscus demersus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Corvus albus
Muller 1776
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Geography
| Country: | South Africa |
| Coordinates: | 33.7° South, 18.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.7° South, 18.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: around 330 ka |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate,anthropogenic,bone collector |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | DFT n | ||
| Database number: | 115225 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-08-31 04:33:30 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-08-31 04:33:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |