Makapansgat - MLWD/III: Pliocene, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Proodontomys cookei
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20 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Myosorex cf. varius
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47 individuals | |||||||||
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Suncus cf. varilla
Thomas 1895
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11 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Nesomyidae
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Dendromus sp.
Smith 1829
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16 individuals | |||||||||
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Mystromys cf. hausleitneri
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34 individuals | |||||||||
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Mystromys sp.
Wagner 1841
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1 individual | |||||||||
| ETE minimum number of individuals; species: nov. dwarf | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Steatomys sp.
Peters 1846
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Praomys sp.
Thomas 1915
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Aethomys cf. namaquensis
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19 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhabdomys sp.
Thomas 1916
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13 individuals | |||||||||
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Otomys cf. gracilis
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39 individuals | |||||||||
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Otomys cf. sloggetti
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Acomys sp.
Geoffroy 1838
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21 individuals | |||||||||
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Mus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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29 individuals | |||||||||
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Dasymys sp.
Peters 1875
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11 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Bathyergidae
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Cryptomys cf. hottentotus
(Lesson 1826)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Graphiurus cf. monardi
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Rhinolophidae
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Rhinolophus cf. darlingi
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Macroscelididae
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Elephantulus antiquus
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10 individuals | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Chrysochloridae
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Calcochloris hamiltoni
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| synonym of Amblysomus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa |
| Coordinates: | 24.2° South, 29.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.4° South, 28.6° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary - Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene - Pliocene |
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Makapansgat | Member: | ? | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Fauna /paleomag data sugg age =~3.0 Ma,range=3.32 to 2.6 Ma" |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: limestone travertine | |
| Environment: | cave |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: trap, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0 | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 291 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: micro; ETE reference list: 930, 926, 925, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 1177, Makapansgat Limeworks Dumps, Makapansgat - MLWD/III, | ||
| Database number: | 22353 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | ||
| Created: | 1999-08-23 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-23 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4887. | ETE 598 | T. N. Pocock. 1987. Plio-Pleistocene fossil mammalian microfauna of southern Africa: a preliminary report including descriptions of two new fossil muroid genera (Mammalia: Rodentia). Palaeontologica Africana 26:69-91 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |