Die Kelders 1: Pleistocene, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Lyacon pictus
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Chersina angulata
Schweigger 1812
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Procaviidae
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Procavia capensis
(Pallas 1766)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Loxodonta africana
(Blumenbach 1797)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Papio ursinus
(Kerr 1792)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo sapiens
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Bathyergidae
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Bathyergus suillus
(Schreber 1787)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix africaeaustralis
Peters 1852
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Erinaceus frontalis
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mellivora capensis
(Schreber 1776)
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Ictonyx striatus
(Perry 1810)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Otariidae
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Arctocephalus pusillus
(Schreber 1778)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Mirounga leonina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Herpestidae
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Herpestes pulverulentus
Wagner 1839
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Atilax paludinosus
(Cuvier 1829)
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Herpestes ichneumon
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena brunnea
Thunberg 1820
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Viverridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Genetta sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis libyca
Forster 1780
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Felis caracal
Schreber 1776
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Panthera leo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Panthera pardus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis mesomelas
Schreber 1775
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| recombined as Lupulella mesomelas | ||||||||||
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Vulpes chama
(Smith 1833)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Alcelaphus buselaphus
Pallas 1766
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Connochaetes gnou
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Damaliscus dorcas
(Pallas 1766)
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Antidorcas australis
(Hendey and Hendey 1968)
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| original and current combination Antidorcas marsupialis australis | ||||||||||
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Raphicerus sp.
Smith 1827
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Raphicerus melanotis
Thunberg 1811
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Raphicerus campestris
(Thunberg 1811)
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| original and current combination Antilope campestris | ||||||||||
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Oreotragus oreotragus
(Zimmermann 1783)
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Ovis aries
Linnaeus 1758
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Redunca fulvorufula
(Afzelius 1815)
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Redunca arundinum
(Boddaert 1785)
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| original and current combination Antilope arundinum | ||||||||||
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Pelea capreolus
(Forster 1790)
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| original and current combination Antilopa capreolus | ||||||||||
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Hippotragus leucophaeus
(Pallas 1766)
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Bovini indet.
Gray 1821
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Pelorovis antiquus
(Duvernoy 1851)
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Syncerus caffer
(Sparman 1779)
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| original and current combination Bos caffer | ||||||||||
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Tragelaphus strepsiceros
(Pallas 1766)
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Tragelaphus scriptus
(Pallas 1766)
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Taurotragus oryx
(Pallas 1766)
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Potamochoerus porcus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Delphinidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus quagga
Boddaert 1785
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Equus capensis
Broom 1909
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Diceros bicornis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Ceratotherium simum
(Burchell 1821)
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Geography
| Country: | South Africa |
| Coordinates: | 34.5° South, 19.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.6° South, 19.2° East |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Quaternary - Quaternary | *Epoch: | Pleistocene - Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene |
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 0 radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0 | |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate,anthropogenic |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 14548 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 513, Die Kelders 1, | ||
| Database number: | 21695 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | ||
| Created: | 1995-08-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-08-21 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4808. | ETE 517 | D. M. Avery. 1982. Micromammals as palaeoenvironmental indicators and an interpretation of the late Quaternary in the southern Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 85(2):183-374 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |
Secondary references:
| 17685 | R. G. Klein and K. Cruz-Uribe. 2000. Middle and later Stone Age large mammal and tortoise remains from Die Kelders Cave 1, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution 38:169-195 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |