دورية أكاديمية
Examination of the Florisbad microvertebrates
| العنوان: | Examination of the Florisbad microvertebrates |
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| المؤلفون: | Patrick Lewis, James Brink, Alicia Kennedy, Timothy Campbell |
| المصدر: | South African Journal of Science, Vol 107, Iss 7/8 (2011) |
| بيانات النشر: | Academy of Science of South Africa, 2011. |
| سنة النشر: | 2011 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Science LCC:Science (General) LCC:Social Sciences LCC:Social sciences (General) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Pleistocene, palaeoenvironment, microfauna, Otomyinae, Gerbillinae, Bitis, Science, Science (General), Q1-390, Social Sciences, Social sciences (General), H1-99 |
| الوصف: | Florisbad is a Middle Stone Age locality in the Free State Province, South Africa, well known for an archaic Homo sapiens cranium discovered there in 1932. Whilst substantial work has been accomplished on the materials excavated from this site, there is still more to be learned about the palaeoenvironment from the microvertebrates. In broader terms, the make-up and distribution of the Plio-Pleistocene small animal fauna of the Free State Province is underrepresented relative to other provinces, which negatively impacts our understanding of geographic and temporal ranges of many Plio-Pleistocene taxa. Much of the Florisbad small vertebrate material is fragmentary, with diagnostic elements primarily limited to isolated molars. Analysis of this material found a small but diverse assemblage including springhares, rabbits, rodents and reptiles. The small mammal fauna is dominated by springhares, lagomorphs and otomyine and gerbilline rodents. In agreement with previous research on sediments and large mammal fauna, the small animal fauna described here is consistent with an open, treeless grassland. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1996-7489 |
| Relation: | https://www.sajs.co.za/article/view/10022; https://doaj.org/toc/1996-7489 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/63190b74fa7041998d1f1b195f09ed16 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.63190b74fa7041998d1f1b195f09ed16 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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