PBDB Collection

Gondolin (Pliocene to of South Africa)

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

• ETE sed env 1: karst, ETE sed env 2: cave ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0

• ETE rock type adj: breccia, ETE lithology comments: 0

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

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
-	Amphibia indet. Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: frog
Mammalia
-	Mammalia indet., Mammalia indet., Mammalia indet., Mammalia indet. Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Mammalia; Double entry removed, abundance could be 10257 Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Lagomorpha Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: micromammal Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: vertebrate
Hyracoidea - Procaviidae	Procavia transvaalensis, Procavia antiqua Procavia transvaalensis Shaw 1937 Cape hyrax Procavia antiqua Broom 1934 Cape hyrax
Carnivora - Canidae	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
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Hyaenidae indet., Crocuta crocuta Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equidae indet., "cf. Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum, cf. Equus capensis Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Equidae "cf. Hipparion libycum" = Eurygnathohippus libycum Pomel 1897 hipparionine horse ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: steytleri cf. Equus capensis Broom 1909 horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Rhinocerotidae indet. Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Rhinocerotidae
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	Hippopotamus sp. Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo
Artiodactyla - Suidae	Suidae indet., Metridiochoerus andrewsi Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Suidae Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood 1926 pig
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovidae indet., Oreotragus minor, Hippotragus equinus, Damaliscus dorcas, Connochaetes sp., Alcelaphus sp., Redunca arundinum, Antidorcas cf. marsupialis, Tragelaphini indet., Tragelaphus strepsiceros, Taurotragus oryx Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Bovidae I Oreotragus minor klipspringer Hippotragus equinus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803 roan antelope Damaliscus dorcas Pallas 1766 bontebok Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest Alcelaphus sp. Blainville 1816 hartebeest ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or Beatragus Redunca arundinum Boddaert 1785 southern reedbuck Antidorcas cf. marsupialis Zimmerman 1780 springbok ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: or australis Tragelaphini indet. Blyth 1863 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tragelaphini Tragelaphus strepsiceros Pallas 1766 greater kudu Taurotragus oryx Pallas 1766 common eland
Rodentia - Hystricidae	Hystrix makapanensis Hystrix makapanensis porcupine
Adenota
-	"Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki "Antidorcas cf. recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932