Woody Cape (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Where: South Africa (33.8° S, 26.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 34.0° S, 26.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• OSL based date

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• paleosol

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Primary reference: C. W. Helm, A. S. Carr, H. C. Cawthra, J. C. De Vynck, M. G. Dixon, P. Gräbe, R. Rust and W. Stear. 2025. Pleistocene aardvark ( Orycteropus afer ) burrow traces on South Africa’s Cape coast. Quaternary Research 1-14more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 239583: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.03.2025

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 aardvark
trace fossil