Dikbosch 2: Pleistocene, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Procaviidae
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Procavia capensis
(Pallas 1766)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes chama
(Smith 1833)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Herpestidae
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Cynictis penicillata
(Cuvier 1829)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus quagga
Boddaert 1785
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Equus burchelli
Gray 1824
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| recombined as Equus quagga burchelli | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Phacochoerus aethiopicus
(Pallas 1766)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Raphicerus campestris
(Thunberg 1811)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Antilope campestris | ||||||||||
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Capra hircus
Linnaeus 1758
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Ovis aries
Linnaeus 1758
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Syncerus caffer
(Sparman 1779)
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| original and current combination Bos caffer | ||||||||||
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Bos taurus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Leporidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Leporidae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix africaeaustralis
Peters 1852
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Papio ursinus
(Kerr 1792)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Orange Free |
| Coordinates: | 28.7° South, 23.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.7° South, 23.8° East |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | *Epoch: | Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene |
| *International age/stage: | Modern (minimum) | ||
| 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: for max age; >13240 +- 125; to recent times; dates on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: sand and ash | |
| Environment: | cave |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: travertine deposits | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Collection size: | 16 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 483, 479, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 686, Dikbosch 2, | ||
| Database number: | 21867 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth, R. Potts |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1997-05-13 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-05-13 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5219. | ETE 931 | A. J. B. Humphreys. 1974. A Preliminary Report on Test Excavations at Dikbosch Shelter 1, Herbert District, Northern Cape. South African Archaeological Bulletin 29:115-119 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |