Swartkrans - Member 5: Pleistocene, South Africa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758
14 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: frog/toad
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
29 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves size II
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
6 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves size I
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
7 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves size III
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
8 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Aves size IV
Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Plataleidae
Plataleidae indet. Bonaparte 1838
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: ibis
Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758
10 specimens
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
96 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
36 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Carnivora
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
40 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Lagomorpha
Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia transvaalensis Shaw 1937
31 specimens
Procavia capensis (Pallas 1766)
452 specimens
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecidae indet. Gray 1821
8 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Cercopithecidae
Papio ursinus (Kerr 1792)
present category
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758
4 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Pedetidae
Pedetes sp. Illiger 1811
1 specimen
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852
1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
Suricata suricatta (Schreber 1776)
2 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae
Proteles cristatus (Sparrman 1783)
8 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821
5 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mongoose
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Viverridae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera pardus (Linnaeus 1758)
12 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Canidae-small
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
6 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Canidae
Canis cf. mesomelas Schreber 1775
106 specimens
recombined as Lupulella mesomelas
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
139 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae size I
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
16 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: alcelaphine
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
1562 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae size II
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
138 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae size III
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae size IV
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hippo./Reduncini
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
873 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae
Antidorcas bondi (Cooke and Wells 1951)
334 specimens
original and current combination Gazella bondi
Megalotragus sp. van Hoepen 1932
2 specimens
Beatragus sp. Heller 1912
39 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Alcelaphus
Connochaetes sp. (Lichtenstein 1812)
16 specimens
Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894
34 specimens
Antidorcas sp. Sundevall 1847
5 specimens
Antidorcas australis (Hendey and Hendey 1968)
29 specimens
original and current combination Antidorcas marsupialis australis
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or marsupialis
Raphicerus campestris (Thunberg 1811)
7 specimens
original and current combination Antilope campestris
Redunca cf. arundinum (Boddaert 1785)
1 specimen
original and current combination Antilope arundinum
Pelea sp. Gray 1851
13 specimens
Hippotragus cf. niger Harris 1838
15 specimens
Syncerus sp. Hodgson 1847
2 specimens
Taurotragus oryx (Pallas 1766)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Suidae
Phacochoerus sp. Cuvier 1826
12 specimens
cf. Tapinochoerus meadowsi
4 specimens
synonym of Metridiochoerus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus burchelli Gray 1824
19 specimens
recombined as Equus quagga burchelli
Equus capensis Broom 1909
6 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa
Coordinates: 26.0° South, 27.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.2° South, 27.6° East
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Quaternary - Quaternary *Epoch:Middle - Late/Upper 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
Geological group:Transvaal Formation:Swartkrans Member:15
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: dates from Antidorcas bondi bones radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: lightly calcified deposit that partially fills an erosional space surr. a massive stalagmite mass on NW side of cave
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: ., ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: storm-water entering cave carr. sed. eroded f/hill
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying
Collection size:4202 specimens
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 485, 484, 482, 481, 480, 479, 478, 477, 456, 454, 445, 121, ; ETE museum list: TM
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 647, Swartkrans - Member 5,
Database number:21829
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts, J. Damuth
Modifier:M. Kosnik
Created:1995-10-17 00:00:00 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:1995-10-17 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4895.ETE 606C. K. Brain. 1993. Swartkrans: A Cave's Chronicle of Early Man. Transvaal Museum Monograph Transvaal Museum. Pretoria 8 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]