Also known as Column 4
Where: South Africa (31.8° S, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 31.9° S, 18.1° 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: Originally reported by Haughton, 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 122934: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Mytilus tomlini mussel | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Lima fragilis file clam | |
Donax rogersi clam | |
Chamelea krigei venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Patella barbara" = Scutellastra barbara, "Patella cochlear" = Scutellastra cochlear, Patella argenvillei, Patella tabularis, Patella granularis, Patella granatina
"Patella barbara" = Scutellastra barbara Linnaeus 1758 limpet
"Patella cochlear" = Scutellastra cochlear Born 1778 limpet
Patella argenvillei limpet
Patella tabularis limpet
Patella granularis Linnaeus 1758 limpet
Patella granatina Linnaeus 1758 limpet | |
Burnupena limbosa true whelk |