Makapansgat - general: Late/Upper Pliocene, South Africa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Chrysotricha hamiltoni
Peloroceras helmei
4 specimens
Griquatherium cingulatum
1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Cercopithecoides broomi
42 specimens
Simopithecus darti
34 specimens
synonym of Theropithecus
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: darti
Parapapio spp.
28 specimens
Parapapio jonesi Broom 1940
21 specimens
Parapapio whitei Broom 1940
9 specimens
Parapapio broomi Jones 1937
12 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or whitei
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Australopithecus africanus Dart 1925
29 specimens
originally entered as "Austrlopithecus africanus"
Mammalia - Bovidae
Aepyceros cf. melampus (Lichtenstein 1812)
3 specimens
Cephalophus caerulus
Cephalophus pricei
26 specimens
cf. Oryx gazella (Linnaeus 1758)
5 specimens
Damaliscus aff. albifrons
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - species name from unique name
cf. Gorgon taurinus (Burchell 1823)
58 specimens
recombined as Connochaetes taurinus
cf. Alcelaphus robustus
3 specimens
Redunca arudinum
Redunca fulvorufula (Afzelius 1815)
12 specimens
originally entered as "Redunca fulvoufula"
Redunca darti Wells and Cooke 1956
9 specimens
Oreotragus major
4 specimens
Makapania broomi Wells and Cooke 1956
76 specimens
cf. Syncerus caffer (Sparman 1779)
23 specimens
original and current combination Bos caffer
Strepsiceros strepsiceros (Pallas 1766)
24 specimens
recombined as Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Tragelaphus angasi (Gray 1849)
original and current combination Tragelaphus angasii
Taurotragus cf. oryx (Pallas 1766)
21 specimens
Gazella gracilior
7 specimens
originally entered as "Gazella grcilior"
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
originally entered as "Giraffa cameleopardalis"
Mammalia - Suidae
Potamochoeroides shawi (Dale 1948)
109 specimens
recombined as Metridiochoerus shawi
Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
18 specimens
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus
cf. Notochoerus euilus (Hopwood 1926)
8 specimens
original and current combination Hylochoerus euilus
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
cf. Stylohipparion steytleri
synonym of Hipparion
Equus helmei
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
28 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Ceratotherium simum or D. bicornis
Ceratotherium simum (Burchell 1821)
48 specimens
Diceros bicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
9 specimens
Mammalia - Sivatheridae
Libytherium cf. olduvaiense
Mammalia - Antilopidae
Strepsiceros cf. angasi
11 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Therailurus barlowi
1 specimen
Megantereon gracile
Machairodus darti
1 specimen
cf. Leptailurus spelaeus
2 specimens
aff. Felis cafra
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: aff. Felis cafra
Felis libyca Forster 1780
Felis caracal Schreber 1776
recombined as Caracal caracal
aff. Caracal caracal (Schreber 1776)
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: aff. Caracal caracal
Felis serval Schreber 1776
recombined as Caracal serval
Felis aff. issiodorensis Croizet and Jobert 1828
recombined as Lynx issiodorensis
ETE occurrence; species: mak - species name from unique name
Acinonyx jubatus (Schreber 1775)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
Cynictis penicillata (Cuvier 1829)
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: brachyodon
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis cf. adustus Sundevall 1847
1 specimen
recombined as Schaeffia adusta
cf. Canis mesomelas Schreber 1775
recombined as Lupulella mesomelas
ETE occurrence; species: pappos
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775
1 specimen
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae
Elephantulus antiquus
Elephantulus langi
unclassified
Gazella vanhoepeni (Wells and Cooke 1956)
65 specimens
original and current combination Phenacotragus vanhoepeni
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa
Coordinates: 24.2° South, 29.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.3° South, 28.6° East
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary - Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene - Pliocene
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pliocene
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Makapansgat
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: "Fauna/paleomag data sugg age=~3.0 Ma,w/range=3.32-2.6 Ma"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: breccia
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: breccia of slty/cly/sndy loam
Environment:cave
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: trap, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: depos in quiet pools
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:795 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 933, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1164, Makapansgat - general,
Database number:22340
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth
Modifier:J. Alroy
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:
4932.ETE 644P. M. Butler and M. Greenwood. 1976. Elephant Shrews (Macroscelididae) from Olduvai and Makapansgat. Fossil Vertebrates of Africa 4:1-50 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]