Also known as ETE Locality 779, Gondolin,
Where: South Africa (26.5° S, 27.5° E: paleocoordinates 26.6° S, 27.2° E)
When: Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: ~2 million years based on faunal assemblage
Environment/lithology: cave
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 488, 482, 481, 478, 477, 456, 121, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: V. Watson. 1993. Glimpses from Gondolin: A faunal analysis of a fossil site near Broederstroom, Transvaal, South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 30:35-42 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21960: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 23.05.1997, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
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Mammalia | |
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Mammalia; Double entry removed, abundance could be 10257
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Procavia antiqua Broom 1934 Cape hyrax
Procavia transvaalensis Shaw 1937 Cape hyrax | |
Hystrix makapanensis porcupine | |
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena | |
Canidae indet., "Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Canidae
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal | |
Bovidae indet., Alcelaphus sp., Connochaetes sp., Damaliscus dorcas, Antidorcas cf. marsupialis, Oreotragus minor, Redunca arundinum, Hippotragus equinus, Tragelaphini indet., Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Taurotragus oryx
Alcelaphus sp. Blainville 1816 hartebeest ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Beatragus
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Damaliscus dorcas Pallas 1766 bontebok
Antidorcas cf. marsupialis Zimmerman 1780 springbok ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or australis
Oreotragus minor klipspringer
Redunca arundinum Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck
Hippotragus equinus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803 roan antelope
Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu
Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland | |
Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926 pig | |
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
cf. Equus capensis Broom 1909 horse
"cf. Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: steytleri
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Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
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Adenota | |
"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932 |