Pleistocene vertebrate tracksites on the Cape south coast of South Africa and their potential palaeoecological implications

CW Helm, HC Cawthra, RM Cowling… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Body fossil remains usually provide the main palaeontological resource for
palaeoecological studies. Ichnology has the capacity to independently complement such …

Hominin tracks in southern Africa: A review and an approach to identification

CW Helm, MG Lockley, K Cole, TD Noakes, RT McCrea - 2019 - wiredspace.wits.ac.za
Abstract Three Late Pleistocene hominin tracksites have been reported from coastal
aelioanites in South Africa. Two have been dated to 124 ka and 117 ka, and the third is …

Large Pleistocene tortoise tracks on the Cape south coast of South Africa

CW Helm, AS Carr, HC Cawthra, JC De Vynck… - Quaternary …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Although tortoises (Testudinidae) are a familiar clade of reptiles, with a body fossil record
extending to at least the Eocene, hitherto no tortoise ichnosites have been described. Here …

Pleistocene large reptile tracks and probable swim traces on South Africa's Cape south coast

CW Helm, HC Cawthra, X Combrink… - South African Journal …, 2020 - scielo.org.za
The Cape south coast of South Africa contains a wealth of Pleistocene vertebrate trace fossil
sites in aeolianites and cemented foreshore deposits. Published studies have described …

New fossil sea turtle trackway morphotypes from the Pleistocene of South Africa highlight role of ichnology in turtle paleobiology

MG Lockley, HC Cawthra, JC De Vynck… - Quaternary …, 2019 - cambridge.org
More than 130 late Pleistocene trackway sites from the coastal eolianites and beach
deposits of the Cape south coast, South Africa, have previously mostly yielded tracks of …

Patterns in the sand: A Pleistocene hominin signature along the South African coastline?

CW Helm, HC Cawthra, JC De Vynck, CJ Helm… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - Elsevier
The Cape south coast of South Africa boasts one of the richest Middle Stone Age (MSA)
archaeological records in the world. Here coastal caves and rock shelters contain well …

Late Pleistocene vertebrate trace fossils in the Goukamma Nature Reserve, Cape south coast, South Africa

CW Helm, RT McCrea, MG Lockley, HC Cawthra… - 2018 - wiredspace.wits.ac.za
Abstract More than 100 Late Pleistocene trace fossil sites have been identified in aeolianites
along a 275 kilometer stretch of the Cape south coast. A zone of concentration of such sites …

Morphology of Pleistocene elephant tracks on South Africa's Cape south coast and probable elephant trunk-drag impressions

CW Helm, MG Lockley, L Moolman… - Quaternary …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Aeolianites and cemented foreshore deposits on South Africa's Cape south coast have the
capacity to record and preserve events that transpired on them when they were composed of …

Discovery of fossil avian footprints from Late Holocene sediments of Allahbund uplift in Great Rann of Kachchh of Western India

D Padia, B Desai, S Chauhan, B Vaghela - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Great Rann of Kachchh is a sabkha terrain with a thick succession of
Quaternary to Late Holocene sediments, deposited during high sea level after the Last …

The Pleistocene fauna of the Cape south coast revealed through ichnology at two localities

CW Helm, HC Cawthra, JC De Vynck… - South African Journal …, 2019 - scielo.org.za
ABSTRACT East of Still Bay on the Cape south coast of South Africa lies a rugged, remote
stretch of sea cliffs that expose Late Pleistocene aeolianites. A zone of dense concentration …