Fig 1.
General presentation of Malapa.
Top: location of Malapa in South Africa (A) and in the Cradle of Humankind (B). Bottom: pictures taken at the site during collect of ex situ blocks (C) and preliminary excavations of the in situ deposits (D), between 2008 and 2009.
Fig 2.
Composition of the fauna from Malapa.
Values in brackets represent the minimum number of individuals.
Fig 3.
Examples of articulated faunal remains.
A) Dinofelis sp. articulated right ankle (UW88-747). B) Parahyaena brunnea articulated ankle (UW88-739). C) Bovid articulated foot (UW88-650). D) Lepus sp. pelvis articulated with the sacrum and last lumbar vertebrae (UW88-769). E) Bovid articulated intermediate and distal phalanges and one sesamoid (UW88-528). F) Bovid intermediate and distal phalanges (no specimen number). G) Bovid metatarsal, first phalanx and sesamoids specimens (UW88-751-756).
Fig 4.
Heterogeneous preservation of fossils in the Malapa faunal assemblage.
A) Highly weathered and decalcified bovid femur. B) Unweathered, well-preserved bovid sacrum. C) Articulated bovid ribs and thoracic vertebrae. D) Extremely fragmentary unidentifiable bone fragments recovered from decalcified sediments. E) and F) Superior and inferior views of a complete, articulated, upper skeleton of a small carnivore (Genetta sp.).
Table 1.
Minimum number of individuals represented by complete and near complete skeletons.