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