Lang. E Quarry-PPM bed 3as: Zanclean, South Africa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806
Osteichthyes
ETE occurrence; species: Osteichthyes
Mammalia
ETE occurrence; species: Cetacea
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae
Elephantulus sp. Thomas and Schwann 1906
Mammalia - Chrysochloridae
Chrysochloris sp. Lacépède 1799
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus sp. Aymard 1855
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Pronolagus sp. Lyon 1904
originally entered as "Pronalagus sp."
Mammalia - Rodentia
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Rodentia
Mammalia - Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystricidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
ETE occurrence; species: Hystricidae
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
5 specimens
4 specimens
Mammalia - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814
ETE occurrence; species: Soricidae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
1 specimen
3 specimens
2 specimens
originally entered as "Enhydrion africanus"
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
36 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
ETE occurrence; species: aff. Canis
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
ETE occurrence; species: Hyaenidae
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Hyaenidae sp. E
Euryboas sp. Schaub 1941
McKenna and Bell 1997
Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
Herpestinae indet. Bonaparte 1845
ETE occurrence; species: Herpestinae
Herpestes sp. Illliger 1811
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
ETE occurrence; species: Viverrinae aff. Pseudocivetta
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
ETE occurrence; species: Felidae
Felis issiodorensis Croizet and Jobert 1828
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890
originally entered as "Dinofelis diastema"
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Mammalia - Bovidae
1 individual
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: Ovibovini
1 individual
ETE minimum number of individuals; species: cf. Ovibovini
1 specimen
5 specimens
Tragelaphus sp. de Blainville 1816
16 specimens
originally entered as "Parhicerus paralius"
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
13 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: .; Double entry removed abundance could be 7
Kobus subdolus Gentry 1980
5 specimens
12 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: .; Double entry removed abundance could be 6
38 specimens
1 specimen
Damalacra acalla Gentry 1980
56 specimens
Mammalia - Hippopotamidae
ETE occurrence; species: Hippopotamidae
Mammalia - Suidae
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Reptilia
ETE occurrence; species: Squamata
Reptilia - Ophidia
Ophidia indet. Latreille 1804
ETE occurrence; species: Ophidia
Reptilia - Chamaeleonidae
ETE occurrence; species: Chameleontidae
Reptilia - Gekkonidae
ETE occurrence; species: Gekkonidae
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Phasianidae indet. Horsfield 1821
ETE occurrence; species: Phasianidae
Reptilia
ETE occurrence; species: Aves
Reptilia - Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae
Apodidae indet. Hartert 1897
ETE occurrence; species: Apodidae
Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
originally entered as "Strutio sp."
Reptilia - Spheniscidae
3 specimens
Reptilia - Oceanitidae
Reptilia - Procellariidae
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Chersina sp. Gray 1831
Amphibia
ETE occurrence; species: Anura
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae
cf. Tachysurus sp. Lacepede 1804
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa
Coordinates: 33.0° South, 18.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.0° South, 17.7° East (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Zanclean 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary - Tertiary *Epoch:Miocene - Pliocene
Key time interval: Zanclean
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Varswater Member:PPM
Local section:Anyskop Local bed:3aS
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Dating by correlation of flora with/radiomet dated sites. bed aS: ETE age Pliocene; age after Hendey 1981
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: quartz sand grading up into phosphatic sand
Environment:"channel"
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: river channel and bank seds
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:273 specimens
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 632, ; ETE museum list: MNHN: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1045, "E Quarry, PPM bed 3aS",
Database number:22222
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer, A. Turner Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, J. Damuth, H. O'Regan
Modifier:M. Uhen
Created:1999-06-04 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-06-04 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
5423.ETE 1152G. G. Simpson. 1979. A new genus of late Tertiary penguin from Langebaanweg, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 78(1):1-9 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]

Secondary references:

7584 M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level 1-640 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]