Makapansgat - Mbr. 4: Pliocene, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Scarabeidae indet.
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Coprini dung balls | ||||||||||
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Giganthyrax maguirei
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Trogidae
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cf. Trogidae indet.
MacLeay 1819
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30 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Parmularius braini
Vrba 1977
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Simatherium kohllarseni
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Potamochoeroides hypsodon
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera pardus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Crocuta crocuta
(Erxleben 1777)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Hominidae indet.
Gray 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Australopithecus africanus
Dart 1925
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Simopithecus darti
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Theropithecus | ||||||||||
| ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: darti | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Bathyergidae
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Gypsorhynchus makapani
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Xenohystrix crassidens
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Hystrix makapanensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Hystrix africaeaustralis
Peters 1852
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Hyracoidea
- Procaviidae
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Procavia transvaalensis
Shaw 1937
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Procavia antiqua
Broom 1934
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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: | 14 | ||
| 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: A:pnk-rd sndy loam ;B:rd-br-pnk loam | |
| Environment: | cave |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: trap, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: depos in pools/sheetfloods | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 53 specimens |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 933, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 1179, Cercopithecid Breccia, Pink stony Breccia, Upper Phase IBreccia, Makapansgat - Mbr. 4, | ||
| Database number: | 22355 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth |
| 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:
| 5512. | ETE 1250 | R. F. Ewer. 1958. The fossil suidae of Makapansgat. Journal of Zoology 130(3):329-371 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |