Nylsrley Provincial Nature Res: Holocene, South Africa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Bovidae
Tragelaphus scriptus (Pallas 1766)
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
Sylvicapra grimmia (Linnaeus 1758)
Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
Redunca arundinum (Boddaert 1785)
original and current combination Antilope arundinum
Raphicerus campestris (Thunberg 1811)
original and current combination Antilope campestris
Mammalia - Suidae
Potamochoerus porcus (Linnaeus 1758)
Phacochoerus aethiopicus (Pallas 1766)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Ictonyx striatus (Perry 1810)
Mellivora capensis (Schreber 1776)
Aonyx capensis (Schinz 1821)
original and current combination Lutra capensis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis mesomelas Schreber 1775
recombined as Lupulella mesomelas
Canis adustus Sundevall 1847
present category
recombined as Schaeffia adusta
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis libyca Forster 1780
Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
Panthera pardus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820
present category
    = Parahyaena brunnea Thunberg 1820
Werdelin and Turner 1996
Proteles cristata
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Genetta genetta (Linnaeus 1758)
Genetta tigrina (Schreber 1776)
present category
Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
Ichneumia albicauda (Cuvier 1829)
Herpestes sanguineus Rüppell 1835
Atilax paludinosus (Cuvier 1829)
Paracynictis selousi (de Winton 1896)
present category
Mungos mungo (Gmelin 1788)
present category
Cynictis penicillata (Cuvier 1829)
present category
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus frontalis
present category
Mammalia - Soricidae
Myosorex varius
present category
Suncus lixus
present category
Crocidura hirta
present category
Crocidura mariquensis
present category
Crocidura bicolor
present category
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio ursinus (Kerr 1792)
present category
Cercopithecus pygerythrus Cuvier 1821
Mammalia - Primates - Galagidae
Galago senegalensis Geoffroy 1796
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus saxatilis
present category
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758
Pronolagus crassicaudatus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Nesomyidae
Dendromus melanotis
Dendromus mystacalis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Steatomys pratensis Peters 1846
present category
Praomys natalensis
Lemniscomys griselda
Aethomys namaquensis
Aethomys chrysophilus
Rhabdomys pumilio
Otomys angoniensis
Rattus rattus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mus minutoides
Tatera brantsi
Tatera leucogaster
Saccostomus campestris
Mammalia - Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomys swinderianus (Temminck 1827)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Cryptomys hottentotus (Lesson 1826)
present category
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Paraxerus cepapi
present category
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Graphiurus murinus Desmarest 1822
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus clivosus Cretzschmar 1828
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Eptesicus capensis
present category
Scotophilus nigrita
Pipistrellus kuhli
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Nycteridae
Nycteris thebaica Saint-Hilaire 1818
present category
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Emballonuridae
Taphozous mauritianus
present category
Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus afer (Pallas 1766)
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae
Elephantulus brachyrhynchus Smith 1834
present category
Mammalia - Chrysochloridae
Amblysomus hottentotus Smith 1829
present category
unclassified
Pedetes capensis (Forster 1778)
original and current combination Yerbua capensis
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa State/province:N. Transraal County:Naboomspruit
Coordinates: 24.6° South, 28.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.6° South, 28.7° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Epoch:holocene
*International age/stage:Modern (minimum)
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Modern Ecosystem radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: sandstones part of the Waterberg System, sandy soils overlie sandstone
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: ., ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: soils: litholitic,sandy,calc. alluvial, bl.clay
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:0 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 511, Nylsrley Provincial Nature Res,
Database number:21693
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts, A. Turner Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts, H. O'Regan, J. Damuth
Modifier:J. Alroy
Created:1995-10-11 00:00:00 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:1995-10-11 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4805.ETE 514B. J. Huntley and B.H. Walker. 1982. Structure of Nylsrley Savanna. Ecology of Tropical Savannas, Huntley B.J.&B.H. Walker, eds., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1982 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]

Secondary references:

10899PACED L. Werdelin and A. Turner. 1996. The fossil and living Hyaenidae of Africa: present status. in K. M. Stewart and K.L. Semour (eds.) Palaeoecology and palaeoenvironments of Late Cenozoic mammals: Tributes to the career of C.S. (Rufus) Churcher. University of Toronto Press, Toronto. 637-659 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]