Swartkrans Formation
134 distinct taxa, from 380 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 2.6–0.0 Mya.
Recorded under country code ZA
134 taxa · 380 fossils · 2.6–0.0 MyaFiled under the Transvaal Group. Members recorded: 11, 12, 13, 15, 31-2.
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1 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Bovidae
- Mammalia
- Aves
- Lupulella mesomelas
- Cercopithecidae
- Connochaetes
- Reptilia
- Canidae
- Chasmaporthetes nitidula
- Damaliscus
- Panthera pardus
- Megalotragus
- Procavia antiqua
- Raphicerus campestris
- Viverridae
- Amphibia
- Antidorcas marsupialis australis
- Beatragus
- Crocuta crocuta
- Equidae
- Equus capensis
- Hyaenidae
- Hystrix africaeaustralis
- Metridiochoerus
- Parahyaena brunnea
- Paranthropus robustus
- Pedetes
- Phacochoerus
- Procavia transvaalensis
- Syncerus
- Taurotragus oryx
- Adenota recki
- Cryptomys
- Equus quagga burchelli
- Eurygnathohippus libycum
- Gazella
- Gazella bondi
- Hippotragus niger
- Hominidae
- Lutra capensis
The 40 most often recorded, of 134.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.