Die Kelders 1 (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 513, Die Kelders 1,

Where: South Africa (34.5° S, 19.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 34.8° S, 19.3° E (Wright 2013)

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 0 radiometric intage_min

•Age is OSL based

Environment/lithology: cave; claystone

• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic

Collection methods: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 415, 414, 409, 123, 104, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: D. M. Avery. 1982. Micromammals as palaeoenvironmental indicators and an interpretation of the late Quaternary in the southern Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 85(2):183-374 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 21695: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 21.08.1995, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes chama2 Smith 1833 Cape fox
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas2 Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal
Lycaon pictus2 Temminck 1820 African wild dog
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera pardus2 Linnaeus 1758 leopard
Panthera leo2 Linnaeus 1758 lion
"Felis caracal" = Caracal caracal2 Schreber 1776 caracal
or F. serval
Felis libyca2 Forster 1780 African wildcat
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverridae indet.2 Gray 1821 civet
Genetta sp.2 Cuvier 1816 civet
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
"Hyaena brunnea" = Parahyaena brunnea2
"Hyaena brunnea" = Parahyaena brunnea2 Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
"Herpestes pulverulentus" = Galerella pulverulenta2 Wagner 1839 Cape grey mongoose
Atilax paludinosus2 Cuvier 1829 marsh mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon2 Linnaeus 1758 Egyptian mongoose
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mellivora capensis2 Schreber 1776 honey badger
Ictonyx striatus2 Perry 1810 zorilla
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Mirounga leonina2 Linnaeus 1758 southern elephant seal
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Arctocephalus pusillus2 Schreber 1778 brown fur seal
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Raphicerus sp.2 Smith 1827 antelope
Raphicerus melanotis2 Thunberg 1811 Cape grysbok
Raphicerus campestris2 Thunberg 1811 steenbok
"Antidorcas australis" = Antidorcas marsupialis australis2 Hendey and Hendey 1968 springbok
Hippotragus leucophaeus2 Pallas 1766 bluebuck
Pelea capreolus2 Forster 1790 grey rhebok
Redunca fulvorufula2 Afzelius 1815 mountain reedbuck
Redunca arundinum2 Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck
Connochaetes gnou2 Zimmermann 1780 black wildebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus2 Pallas 1766 hartebeest
Damaliscus dorcas2 Pallas 1766 bontebok
Oreotragus oreotragus2 Zimmermann 1783 klipspringer
Ovis aries2 Linnaeus 1758 domestic sheep
Tragelaphus scriptus2 Pallas 1766 bushbuck
Tragelaphus strepsiceros2 Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Taurotragus oryx2 Pallas 1766 common eland
Bovini indet.2 Gray 1821 antelope
Syncerus caffer2 Sparman 1779 African buffalo
Pelorovis antiquus2 Duvernoy 1851 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Potamochoerus porcus2 Linnaeus 1758 red river hog
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet.2 Brisson 1762 whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet.2 Gray 1821 dolphin
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius2 Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus quagga2 Boddaert 1785 plains zebra
Equus capensis2 Broom 1909 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet.2 Gray 1821 rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum2 Burchell 1821 white rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis2 Linnaeus 1758 black rhinoceros
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
 Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Bathyergus suillus2 Schreber 1787 Cape dune mole rat
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix africaeaustralis2 Peters 1852 Cape porcupine
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 hare
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens2 Linnaeus 1758 human
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Papio ursinus2 Kerr 1792 baboon
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus afer1 Pallas 1766 aardvark
trace fossils
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta africana2 Blumenbach 1797 African bush elephant
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Procavia capensis2 Pallas 1766 Cape hyrax
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Chersina angulata2 Schweigger 1812 South African bowsprit tortoise