Table · dataset · 2026
Fossil micromammals from Gondolin GD2 (Early Pleistocene, South Africa)
Listed in HKU DataHub and Swinburne Figshare and DaYta Ya Rona and SUNScholarData and figshare and Loughborough Research Repository and GRANTS Data and UP Research Data Repository — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.6084/m9.figshare.34050591.v1
<p>Micromammal assemblages offer valuable insights into local palaeoenvironmental conditions and contribute to refining biochronological frameworks in the Cradle of Humankind (CoH), South Africa.
Description
This study presents the taxonomic, taphonomic, and palaeoecological analysis of micromammalian remains recovered from newly excavated <i>in situ</i> deposits at the Gondolin GD2 locality. A total of 372 cranio-dental elements representing at least 124 individuals were identified, comprising 19 taxa across five mammalian orders.
Rodents dominate the assemblage (≈78% of MNI), with <i>Mystromys</i> and <i>Otomys</i> being the most abundant genera, accompanied by representatives of Muridae, Nesomyidae, Bathyergidae, and Gliridae. Other mammalian orders are represented by Macroscelididae (Macroscelidea), Soricidae (Eulipotyphla), Chiroptera, and Chrysochloridae (Afrosoricida). Taphonomic analyses reveal high fragmentation rates and pervasive manganese coatings, but a very low frequency and weak intensity of digestive etching on incisors.
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These patterns closely match modern barn owl (<i>Tyto alba</i>) assemblages, indicating accumulation primarily by a Category 1 nocturnal raptor. This accumulation mode appears consistent with other CoH micromammal assemblages, strengthening the reliability of inter-site faunal comparisons. Faunal composition indicates a landscape dominated by grassland and open savanna habitats, with localised wet or riverine environments suggested by the occurrence of <i>Dasymys</i>.
Overall taxonomic similarities with other regional assemblages support a degree of ecological stability in the CoH during the Early Pleistocene. This assemblage provides a new data point for understanding micromammal palaeobiodiversity, site formation processes, and palaeoenvironmental dynamics in southern Africa.</p>
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- DOI doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.34050591.v1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from datahub hku hk
Catalogue records · 1
- OAI-PMH record api.figshare.com/v2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Af… ↗
metadata API · from datahub hku hk
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Provenance · 8 source records, 82 field assertions
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|---|---|---|---|
| HKU DataHub | oai:figshare.com:article/34050591 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Swinburne Figshare | oai:figshare.com:article/34050591 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| DaYta Ya Rona | oai:figshare.com:article/34050591 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| SUNScholarData | oai:figshare.com:article/34050591 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| figshare | oai:figshare.com:article/34050591 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Loughborough Research Repository | oai:figshare.com:article/34050591 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| GRANTS Data | oai:figshare.com:article/34050591 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| UP Research Data Repository | oai:figshare.com:article/34050591 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3102 | mapping · grantsdata jst go jp | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Computational Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3102 | mapping · datahub hku hk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Computational Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3102 | mapping · scholardata sun ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Computational Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3102 | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Computational Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3102 | mapping · figshare com | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Computational Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3102 | mapping · dayta nwu ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Computational Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3102 | mapping · researchdata up ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Computational Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3102 | mapping · figshare swinburne edu au | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Computational Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3103 | mapping · dayta nwu ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Ecology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3103 | mapping · figshare com | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Ecology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3103 | mapping · scholardata sun ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Ecology'] |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3103 | mapping · researchdata up ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Ecology'] |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3103 | mapping · figshare swinburne edu au | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Ecology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3103 | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Ecology'] |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3104 | mapping · datahub hku hk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Evolutionary Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3104 | mapping · researchdata up ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Evolutionary Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3104 | mapping · dayta nwu ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Evolutionary Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3104 | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Evolutionary Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3104 | mapping · scholardata sun ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Evolutionary Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3104 | mapping · figshare swinburne edu au | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Evolutionary Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3104 | mapping · figshare com | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Evolutionary Biology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4410 | mapping · scholardata sun ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Sociology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4410 | mapping · researchdata up ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Sociology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4410 | mapping · grantsdata jst go jp | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Sociology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4410 | mapping · datahub hku hk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Sociology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4410 | mapping · figshare swinburne edu au | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Sociology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4410 | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Sociology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4410 | mapping · figshare com | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Sociology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4410 | mapping · dayta nwu ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Sociology'] |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:chemistry | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:chemistry | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:computer-science-ai | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:computer-science-ai | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · figshare swinburne edu au | connector:figshare_swinburne_edu_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · grantsdata jst go jp | connector:grantsdata_jst_go_jp@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · scholardata sun ac za | connector:scholardata_sun_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · dayta nwu ac za | connector:dayta_nwu_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:economics-finance | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:economics-finance | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · dayta nwu ac za | connector:dayta_nwu_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · dayta nwu ac za | connector:dayta_nwu_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · scholardata sun ac za | connector:scholardata_sun_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · dayta nwu ac za | connector:dayta_nwu_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · grantsdata jst go jp | connector:grantsdata_jst_go_jp@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · figshare swinburne edu au | connector:figshare_swinburne_edu_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:materials-science | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:mathematics-statistics | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:psychology-behavioral | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · repository lboro ac uk | connector:repository_lboro_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · figshare swinburne edu au | connector:figshare_swinburne_edu_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · grantsdata jst go jp | connector:grantsdata_jst_go_jp@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · datahub hku hk | connector:datahub_hku_hk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · scholardata sun ac za | connector:scholardata_sun_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · researchdata up ac za | connector:researchdata_up_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · dayta nwu ac za | connector:dayta_nwu_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
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