Haasgat Dumpsite
Basic information
Sample name: Haasgat Dumpsite

Sample aka: HGD

Reference: J. W. Adams. 2012. A revised listing of fossil mammals from the Haasgat cave system ex situ deposits (HGD), South Africa. Palaeontologia Electronica 15(3):1-88 [ER 3872]
Geography
Country: South Africa

State: Gauteng

Coordinate: 26° 52' 31" S, 28° 50' 9" E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Time interval: Early Pleistocene

Max Ma: 2.3

Min Ma: 2.0

Age basis: other

Geography comments: Herries et al. (2014) give a maximum age of 2.3 Ma based on the first appearance of Equus and a minimum age of the base of the Olduvai Sub-Chron (now 2.00 Ma according to Wikipedia) based on magnetic polarity stratigraphy

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Environment
Lithology: breccia

Taphonomic context: cave

Habitat comments: a "cave system" with "calcified sediments" that include the fossils
Herries et al. (2014) state that the "ex-site breccia" provided "the HGD assemblage"
accumulation agents are not discussed and there is no evidence of human presence

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other large mammals, other small mammals

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 437 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: the fossils come from "a massive ex situ dumpsite"
some previously published specimens could not be located by the author in the collection

Metadata
Sample no: 4249

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-04-23 12:48:18

Modified: 2023-04-23 02:48:18

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
22 species
5 singletons
total count 437
geometric series index: 34.4
Fisher's α: 4.883
geometric series k: 0.7858
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8033
Shannon's H: 2.0858
Good's u: 0.9886
Register
†Cercopithecoides haasgati 22
†Cercopithecoides williamsi 4
including one tentatively referred specimen: plus three indeterminate Cercopithecoides specimens
†Papio angusticeps (monkey)88
plus 21 indeterminate Papio
Connochaetes gnou (black wildebeest)7
Damaliscus pygargus (bontebok)1
"Damaliscus dorcas"
Megalotragus sp. 1
†Antidorcas bondi (bovid)1
Antidorcas sp. 4
australis or marsupialis: plus five indeterminate Antidorcas
Hippotragus sp. 5
Oreotragus sp. 158
Reduncini indet.9
Taurotragus sp. 5
Tragelaphus sp. 5
Phacochoerini indet.2
Dinofelis sp. 1
compared to
Hyaenide indet.1
†Equus capensis (horse)19
Equus cf. quagga (plains zebra)3
plus 51 indeterminate Equus
†Procavia antiqua (hyrax)17
†Procavia transvaalensis (hyrax)44
plus six indeterminate Procavia
Pronolagus rupestris (Smith's red rock hare)2
Hystrix africaeaustralis (Cape porcupine)3815.0 kg