Onink (Holocene of Swaziland)

Also known as ETE Locality 746, Onink,

Where: Swaziland (26.8° S, 31.1° E: paleocoordinates 26.8° S, 31.8° E)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: late Holocene; age based on artifacts radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: cave

• ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: rock shelter
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: dolomite shelter

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 488, 487, 485, 478, 477, 456, 454, 121, 81, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: R. G. Klein. 1986. Later Stone Age Faunal Samples from Heuningneskrans Shelter (Transvaal) and Leopard's Hill Cave (Zambia). The South African Archaeological Bulletin 39:109-116 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21927: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 13.05.1997, edited by Richard Potts

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Mammalia
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia capensis
Procavia capensis Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet., Potamochoerus porcus
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Syncerus caffer, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Tragelaphus scriptus, Taurotragus oryx, Aepyceros melampus, Damaliscus lunatus, Alcelaphus sp., "Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni, Redunca fulvorufula, Sylvicapra grimmia, Cephalophus monticola, Oreotragus oreotragus, Ourebia ourebi, Raphicerus sharpei
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas 1766 bushbuck
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Damaliscus lunatus Burchell 1823 common tsessebe
Alcelaphus sp. Blainville 1816 hartebeest
"Gazella thomsoni" = Eudorcas thomsoni Gunther 1884 Thomson's gazelle
Redunca fulvorufula Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
Cephalophus monticola Thunberg 1789 blue duiker
Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer
Ourebia ourebi Zimmerman 1783 oribi
Raphicerus sharpei Thomas 1897 Sharpe's grysbok
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus saxatilis
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix africaeaustralis
Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters 1852 Cape porcupine
 Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomys swinderianus
Thryonomys swinderianus Temminck 1827 greater cane rat
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
"Cercopithecus aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops, Papio ursinus
"Cercopithecus aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops Linnaeus 1758 vervet monkey
Papio ursinus Kerr 1792 baboon