Faunal assemblage seriation of southern African Pliocene and Pleistocene fossil deposits

Fossil assemblages from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of southern Africa were seriated in order to give a better idea of their relative chronology. Time‐sensitive mammals were selected for calculation of the Faunal Resemblance Index among 17 site units. On the basis of a logistical seriation and subs...

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Published in:	American journal of physical anthropology 1995-03, Vol.96 (3), p.235-250
Main Authors:	McKee, Jeffrey K., Thackeray, J. Francis, Berger, Lee R.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Africa, Southern Animals Biological Evolution Chronology as Topic Fauna Faunal seriation Fossils Mammals Paleontology Physical anthropology Pleistocene Pliocene Southern Africa Southern African biochronology
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Summary:	Fossil assemblages from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of southern Africa were seriated in order to give a better idea of their relative chronology. Time‐sensitive mammals were selected for calculation of the Faunal Resemblance Index among 17 site units. On the basis of a logistical seriation and subsequent site analysis, the following sequence of sites was deemed most probable: Makapansgat Member 3, Makapansgat Member 4, Taung Dart deposits, Sterkfontein Member 4 and Taung Hrdlička deposits, Sterkfontein Member 5 (in part) and Kromdraai B, Kromdraai A and Swartkrans Member 1, Swartkrans Member 2, Swartkrans Member 3, Plovers Lake, Cornelia, Elandsfontein Main Site, Cave of Hearths Acheulian levels, Florisbad and Equus Cave and Klasies River Mouth. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:	0002-9483 1096-8644