Also known as ETE Locality 713, Makwe Rock Shelter,
Where: Zambia (14.4° S, 31.9° E: paleocoordinates 14.4° S, 31.9° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: on charcoal; dates range from 750 AD +-80 to 3480 BC +- 140 radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: cave
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: D. W. Phillipson. 1976. The Prehistory of Eastern Zambia. Memoir of the British Institute in Eastern Africa 6 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21894: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by Richard Potts and John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Angiospermae | |
Zea mays Linnaeus 1753 maize | |
Tubothalamea | |
Actinopteri | |
Clarias gariepinus catfish | |
Reptilia | |
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820 monitor lizard | |
Mammalia | |
Elephantulus brachyrhynchus Smith 1834 Short-snouted elephant shrew | |
Heterohyrax brucei Gray 1868 rock hyrax | |
Cryptomys lugardi mole rat | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Thryonomys swinderianus Temminck 1827 greater cane rat | |
Paraxerus cepapi African Bush Squirrel | |
Thamnomys dolichurus, Tatera valida, Tatera leucogaster, Thallomys paedulcus, Praomys natalensis, Aethomys chrysophilus, Aethomys kaiseriwalambae, Saccostomus campestris, Pelomys fallax, Lemniscomys griselda, Dasymys incomtus
Thamnomys dolichurus mouse
Tatera valida large naked-soled gerbil
Tatera leucogaster large naked-soled gerbil
Thallomys paedulcus mouse
Praomys natalensis African soft-furred rat
Aethomys chrysophilus rock rat
Aethomys kaiseriwalambae rock rat
Saccostomus campestris pouched mouse
Pelomys fallax groove-toothed swamp rat
Lemniscomys griselda striped grass mouse
Dasymys incomtus mouse | |
Dendromus mystacalis African climbing mice | |
Graphiurus murinus Desmarest 1822 dormouse | |
Galago senegalensis Geoffroy 1796 Senegal bushbaby | |
"Cercopithecus aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops
"Cercopithecus aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops Linnaeus 1758 vervet monkey | |
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human | |
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion | |
Herpestes sanguineus Rüppell 1835 slender mongoose | |
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758 dog | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog | |
Redunca arundinum, Oreotragus oreotragus, Sylvicapra grimmia, Capra hircus, Aepyceros melampus, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Connochaetes taurinus, Syncerus caffer, Bos taurus, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Taurotragus oryx
Redunca arundinum Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck
Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
Capra hircus Linnaeus 1758 domestic goat
Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland | |
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra | |
Crocidura hirta white-toothed shrew
Crocidura luna white-toothed shrew
Crocidura bicolor white-toothed shrew | |
Tadarida sp. Rafinesque 1814 free-tailed bat | |
Gastropoda | |
Achatina indet. Lamarck 1799 slug ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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