Bovid fossils sampled for the project Palaeogenomes of a lost world: Ancient bovids of the submerged Palaeo-Agulhas Plain of southern Africa (PalaeoBovids)

  • Deon De Jager (Creator)
  • J. Tyler Faith (Creator)
  • Kaedan O'Brien (Creator)
  • Eline Lorenzen (Creator)
  • Andrea Wilson (Creator)
  • Deon De Jager (Contributor)
  • Wendy Black (Contributor)
  • Wilhelmina Seconna (Contributor)
  • Sharon Holt (Contributor)
  • Annie Antonites (Contributor)
  • Fhatani Ranwashe (Contributor)
  • Eline Lorenzen (Contributor)
  • Deon De Jager (Contributor)
  • Wendy Black (Contributor)
  • Wilhelmina Seconna (Contributor)
  • Sharon Holt (Contributor)
  • Annie Antonites (Contributor)

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Description

Fossil remains of several Bovidae species were collected from three museums in South Africa for ancient DNA analysis. A total of 324 unique specimens were collected, of which 323 are georeferenced. The majority (320) were collected from the Iziko Museums of South Africa's Archaeology Collection in Cape Town, while three were collected from the National Museum Bloemfontein's Florisbad Quaternary Research Collection, and one was collected from the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History's Archaeozoology Collection in Pretoria. As the collections had not yet been digitized by the museums, permission was obtained by Deon de Jager to publish the occurences on GBIF on behalf of the museums.
Date made available2024
PublisherSouth African National Biodiversity Institute
Geographical coverageAll known localities are in South Africa, mainly the Western and Eastern Cape provinces, with at least two from the Free State (potentially a third, but the location is near the border of the Eastern Cape and Free State, with the uncertainty covering par
Geospatial polygon-34.886, 28.169, -16.889, 11.47

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