Strandfontein Loc 3 (Pliocene of South Africa)
Where: Western Cape, South Africa (31.0° S, 17.1° E: paleocoordinates 31.1° S, 16.8° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: foreshore; unlithified sandstone and unlithified siltstone
• "fore-beach"
• "extremely fine-grained, moderately rounded and sorted sands and silts. Fine to laminar bedding structures are apparent"
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. J. Carrington and B. F. Kensley. 1969. Pleistocene molluscs from the Namaqualand Coast. Annals of the South African Museum 52(9):189-223 [J. Sessa/J. Sessa]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122393: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 23.12.2011
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Taxonomic list
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| Gastropoda | |
Fissurella glarea n. sp.
Fissurella glarea n. sp. snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Aloidis palaegialus n. sp." = Corbula
"Aloidis palaegialus n. sp." = Corbula clam | |
"Arca avellana" = Lamarcka avellana, "Arca (Acar) halmyrus n. sp." = Acar
"Arca avellana" = Lamarcka avellana Lamarck 1819 clam
"Arca (Acar) halmyrus n. sp." = Acar miniature ark | |