Dikbosch 1: Pleistocene - Holocene, 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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4 individuals | |||||||||
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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
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis caracal
Schreber 1776
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1 individual | |||||||||
| recombined as Caracal caracal | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus quagga
Boddaert 1785
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Rhinocerotidae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus amphibius
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | |||||||||
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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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Oreotragus oreotragus
(Zimmermann 1783)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Raphicerus campestris
(Thunberg 1811)
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5 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Antilope campestris | ||||||||||
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Sylvicapra grimmia
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Connochaetes gnou
(Zimmermann 1780)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Alcelaphus buselaphus
Pallas 1766
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Ovis aries
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Redunca fulvorufula
(Afzelius 1815)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Antidorcas marsupialis
Zimmerman 1780
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Taurotragus oryx
(Pallas 1766)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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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 | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | *Epoch: | Middle - Late/Upper Pleistocene |
| *International age/stage: | Holocene (minimum) |
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene - Holocene |
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 8613770 +- 130; 1720 +- 40; Late Stone Age; Two separate occupations?; 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: ash; brown soil; shale slabs; soft brown sand | |
| 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: | 44 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 483, 482, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 687, Dikbosch 1, | ||
| Database number: | 21868 | ||
| 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:
| 5214. | ETE 926 | R. G. Klein. 1979. Paleoenvironmental and Cultural Implications of Late Holocene Archaeological Faunas from the Orange Free State and North Central Cape Province, South Africa. South African Archaeological Bulletin 34:34-49 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |