Burchell's Shelter: Holocene, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Leporidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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1 individual | |||||||||
| 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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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis mesomelas
Schreber 1775
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1 individual | |||||||||
| recombined as Lupulella mesomelas | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus quagga
Boddaert 1785
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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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Alcelaphus buselaphus
Pallas 1766
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Connochaetes gnou
(Zimmermann 1780)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Antidorcas marsupialis
Zimmerman 1780
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Redunca fulvorufula
(Afzelius 1815)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Hippotragus sp.
Sundevall 1845
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Tragelaphus strepsiceros
(Pallas 1766)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Procaviidae
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Procavia capensis
(Pallas 1766)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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1 individual | |||||||||
| ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Chelonia | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unio indet.
Philipsson 1788
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| ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Achatinidae
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Achatina indet.
Lamarck 1799
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1 individual | |||||||||
| ETE minimum number of individuals; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Orange Free |
| Coordinates: | 28.8° South, 23.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.8° South, 23.7° East | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: 47170 +- 50; 0 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: brown sand; ashy layers | |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: chan_bar ETE event: ., ETE env comment: travertine deposits | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Collection size: | 19 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 716, Burchell's Shelter, | ||
| Database number: | 21897 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth, R. Potts |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1997-05-06 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-05-06 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] |