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
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
Bivalvia | |
Gastrana abildgaardiana Spengler 1798 tellin clam
Tellina madagascariensis Gmelin 1791 tellin clam | |
"Diplodonta (Felania) cf. senegalensis" = Felaniella senegalensis
"Diplodonta (Felania) cf. senegalensis" = Felaniella senegalensis Reeve 1850 clam | |
Dosinia africana Gray 1838 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Bullia laevissima Gmelin 1791 snail | |
"Thais haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma
"Thais haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail | |
Ranella sp. Lamarck 1816 snail |