Drimolen Main Quarry
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Drimolen Main Quarry is a key fossil-bearing excavation area within the Drimolen cave complex in South Africa, known for yielding important early hominin and faunal remains.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
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fossil-bearing deposit ⓘ paleontological site ⓘ |
| approximateAge | about 2.0–1.5 million years ago ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Drimolen Makondo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
hominin cranial remains
ⓘ
large mammal fossils ⓘ micromammal fossils ⓘ postcranial hominin remains ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| datingMethodsUsed |
electron spin resonance
ⓘ
paleomagnetism ⓘ uranium-lead dating ⓘ |
| discovered | 1990s ⓘ |
| excavationType | open quarry excavation within cave breccia ⓘ |
| geologicalFormation | karstic cave system ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | within UNESCO World Heritage-listed Cradle of Humankind ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Plio-Pleistocene fossil record
ⓘ
early hominin fossils ⓘ faunal fossil assemblages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cradle of Humankind
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gauteng Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestMajorCity | Johannesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| paleoenvironment | mosaic of open and wooded habitats ⓘ |
| partOf | Drimolen cave complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservationType | cave breccia fossil preservation ⓘ |
| researchActivity | ongoing paleoanthropological excavations ⓘ |
| researchSignificance |
contributes to understanding of hominin diversity in South Africa
ⓘ
informs paleoenvironmental reconstructions of the Cradle of Humankind ⓘ provides data on faunal community structure in the Early Pleistocene ⓘ |
| scientificDiscipline |
geoarchaeology
ⓘ
paleoanthropology ⓘ paleontology ⓘ |
| sedimentType | breccia infill ⓘ |
| siteComplex | Drimolen hominin-bearing cave system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| siteType | hominin-bearing cave site ⓘ |
| stratigraphicAge | Early Pleistocene ⓘ |
| usedFor |
study of faunal turnover
ⓘ
study of hominin morphology ⓘ taphonomic analyses ⓘ |
| yieldsFossilsOf |
Paranthropus robustus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Theropithecus oswaldi NERFINISHED ⓘ carnivores ⓘ early Homo ⓘ various bovids ⓘ |
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