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 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 Hrdlicka 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.
McKee
J K
JK
Department of Anatomy and Human Biology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Thackeray
J F
JF
Berger
L R
LR
D000353:Africa, Southern; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002910:Chronology as Topic; D008322:Mammals; D010163:Paleontology