Wonderwerk Cave: Pleistocene, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Mysorex varius
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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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ETE occurrence; species: Chiroptera | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Procaviidae
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Procavia capensis
(Pallas 1766)
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10 individuals | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Macroscelididae
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Macroscelididae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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ETE occurrence; species: Macroscelididae | ||||||||||
Elephantulus myurus
Thomas and Schwann 1906
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present category | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Chrysochloridae
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Chrysochloridae indet.
Gray 1825
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ETE occurrence; species: Chrysochloridae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Rhinolophidae
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Rhinolophus capensis
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Eptesicus capensis
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present category | |||||||||
Miniopterus schreibersi
Natterer 1819
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Viverridae indet.
Gray 1821
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2 individuals | |||||||||
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Viverridae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis mesomelas
Schreber 1775
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4 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Lupulella mesomelas | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus capensis
Broom 1909
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Equus burchelli
Gray 1824
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4 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Equus quagga burchelli | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Suidae
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Phacochoerus aethiopicus
(Pallas 1766)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Connochaetes gnou
(Zimmermann 1780)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
Damaliscus dorcas
(Pallas 1766)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
Raphicerus sp.
Smith 1827
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Pelea capreolus
(Forster 1790)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
original and current combination Antilopa capreolus | ||||||||||
Taurotragus oryx
(Pallas 1766)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Suncus varilla
Thomas 1895
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present category | |||||||||
Crocidura fuscomurina
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Crocidura flavescens
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Crocidura cyanea
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Nesomyidae
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Mystromys albicaudatus
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Malacothrix typica
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Dendromus melanotis
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Aethomys namaquensis
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Dasymys incomtus
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Mastomys natalensis
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ETE occurrence; species: or coucha | ||||||||||
Acomys sp.
Geoffroy 1838
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Tatera sp.
Lataste 1882
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Gerbillus paeba
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Otomys angoniensis
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Mus minutoides
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Steatomys krebsii
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Desmodillus auricularis
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix africaeaustralis
Peters 1852
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5 individuals | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Bathyergidae
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Cryptomys hottentotus
(Lesson 1826)
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present category | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Leporidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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7 individuals | |||||||||
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Leporidae | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Papio ursinus
(Kerr 1792)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
unclassified
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Pedetes capensis
(Forster 1778)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
original and current combination Yerbua capensis | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | South Africa |
Coordinates: | 27.8° South, 23.6° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 27.9° South, 23.4° 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: | 2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: >13000 ya=max; reworking of deposits;bones only in LSA layers;12380 +- 95 on charcoal radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min |
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0 | |
Environment: | cave |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: tunnel-like solution cavity |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
Collection size: | 0 specimens |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 489, 488, 485, 483, 482, 481, 479, 478, 477, 456, 454, 121, ; ETE museum list: |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 734, Wonderwerk Cave, | ||
Database number: | 21915 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Potts | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth, R. Potts |
Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
Created: | 1997-05-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-05-21 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] |