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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Reptilia | |
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820 monitor lizard | |
Mammalia | |
Tadarida sp. Rafinesque 1814 free-tailed bat | |
Elephantulus brachyrhynchus Smith 1834 Short-snouted elephant shrew | |
Heterohyrax brucei Gray 1868 rock hyrax | |
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758 dog | |
Herpestes sanguineus Rüppell 1835 slender mongoose | |
Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion | |
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli
"Equus burchelli" = Equus quagga burchelli Gray 1824 Burchell's zebra | |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 desert warthog
Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 red river hog | |
Oreotragus oreotragus, Aepyceros melampus, Sylvicapra grimmia, Connochaetes taurinus, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Capra hircus, Redunca arundinum, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Taurotragus oryx, Syncerus caffer, Bos taurus
Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer
Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein 1812 impala
Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus 1758 common duiker
Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 blue wildebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Capra hircus Linnaeus 1758 domestic goat
Redunca arundinum Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Syncerus caffer Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow | |
Crocidura hirta white-toothed shrew
Crocidura luna white-toothed shrew
Crocidura bicolor white-toothed shrew | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Cryptomys lugardi mole rat | |
Thryonomys swinderianus Temminck 1827 greater cane rat | |
Dendromus mystacalis African climbing mice | |
Thamnomys dolichurus, Thallomys paedulcus, Pelomys fallax, Saccostomus campestris, Tatera valida, Tatera leucogaster, Praomys natalensis, Lemniscomys griselda, Aethomys chrysophilus, Aethomys kaiseriwalambae, Dasymys incomtus
Thamnomys dolichurus mouse
Thallomys paedulcus mouse
Pelomys fallax groove-toothed swamp rat
Saccostomus campestris pouched mouse
Tatera valida large naked-soled gerbil
Tatera leucogaster large naked-soled gerbil
Praomys natalensis African soft-furred rat
Lemniscomys griselda striped grass mouse
Aethomys chrysophilus rock rat
Aethomys kaiseriwalambae rock rat
Dasymys incomtus mouse | |
Graphiurus murinus Desmarest 1822 dormouse | |
Paraxerus cepapi African Bush Squirrel | |
Galago senegalensis Geoffroy 1796 Senegal bushbaby | |
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human | |
"Cercopithecus aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops
"Cercopithecus aethiops" = Chlorocebus aethiops Linnaeus 1758 vervet monkey | |
Actinopteri | |
Clarias gariepinus catfish | |
Gastropoda | |
Achatina indet. Lamarck 1799 slug ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
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Angiospermae | |
Zea mays Linnaeus 1753 maize | |
Tubothalamea | |