Cape Cross (Pleistocene of Namibia)

Also known as Column 1

Where: Namibia (21.8° S, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 21.8° S, 13.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed in text. AGE: Pleistocene, presumably. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown. Assumed unlithified as it is described as a "raised beach".

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: South African Museum. Originally reported by Gevers, 1932.

Primary reference: K. H. Barnard. 1962. Revised list of South African late Tertiary and Pleistocene marine Mollusca. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 36(4):179-196 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 122929: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, and with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, though with species-resolution identifications.
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Gastrana abildgaardiana Spengler 1798 tellin clam
Tellina madagascariensis Gmelin 1791 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
"Diplodonta (Felania) cf. senegalensis" = Felaniella senegalensis
"Diplodonta (Felania) cf. senegalensis" = Felaniella senegalensis Reeve 1850 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia africana Gray 1838 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Bullia laevissima Gmelin 1791 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Thais haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma
"Thais haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cymatiidae
Ranella sp. Lamarck 1816 snail