Also known as Column 6
Where: South Africa (33.0° S, 17.9° E: paleocoordinates 33.0° S, 17.8° 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 and Wybergh, 1920.
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 122937: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea atherstonei oyster | |
Solen capensis clam | |
Tellina madagascariensis Gmelin 1791 tellin clam
Gastrana abildgaardiana Spengler 1798 tellin clam | |
Lutraria lutraria Linnaeus 1767 clam
Mactra glabrata clam | |
Dosinia africana, Tapes corrugata, Tapes deshayesii, Venus verrucosa, Macrocallista cf. lilacina, Tivela compressa
Dosinia africana Gray 1838 venus clam
Tapes corrugata venus clam
Tapes deshayesii venus clam
Venus verrucosa venus clam
Macrocallista cf. lilacina venus clam
Tivela compressa venus clam | |
Divaricella liratula clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Crepidula porcellana, "Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Crepidula porcellana slipper shell
"Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell | |
Marginella capensis Krauss 1848 margin shell | |
"Purpura angulata" = Purpura (Stramonita) angulata, Thais cingulata, "Tritonalia purpuroides" = Purpura (Tritonalia)
"Purpura angulata" = Purpura (Stramonita) angulata Dujardin 1837 murex snail
Thais cingulata murex snail
"Tritonalia purpuroides" = Purpura (Tritonalia) murex snail | |
Clionella rosaria snail
Clavatula sinuata Born 1780 snail | |
Conus elongatus cone shell | |
Fusus verruculatus snail | |
Nassa speciosa, Nassa plicatella, Burnupena cincta, Burnupena limbosa, Burnupena lagenaria, Burnupena papyracea
Nassa speciosa true whelk
Nassa plicatella Adams 1852 true whelk
Burnupena cincta true whelk
Burnupena limbosa true whelk
Burnupena lagenaria true whelk
Burnupena papyracea true whelk | |
Mitra aerumnosa mitre shell | |
"Argobuccinum argus" = Argobuccinum pustulosum, Cymatium dolarium
"Argobuccinum argus" = Argobuccinum pustulosum Solander and Lightfoot 1786 triton shell
Cymatium dolarium triton shell | |
Natica genuana moon snail | |
Turritella capensis, "Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera
Turritella capensis turret shell
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera Deshayes 1824 turret shell | |
Cerithium cf. guinacium cerith snail | |
Gibbula capensis top snail | |
Turbo ? sarmaticus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Amblychilepas scutella" = Amblychilepas scutellum
"Amblychilepas scutella" = Amblychilepas scutellum Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Patella compressa, Patella argenvillei, Patella granatina, Patella granularis, "Patella cochlear" = Scutellastra cochlear, "Patella barbara" = Scutellastra barbara
Patella compressa limpet
Patella argenvillei limpet
Patella granatina Linnaeus 1758 limpet
Patella granularis Linnaeus 1758 limpet
"Patella cochlear" = Scutellastra cochlear Born 1778 limpet
"Patella barbara" = Scutellastra barbara Linnaeus 1758 limpet | |
"Thais squamosa" = Sistrum squamosum
"Thais squamosa" = Sistrum squamosum Pease 1868 snail | |
Fasciolaria lugubris | |
"Fasciolaria lugubris" = Lugubrilaria lugubris
"Fasciolaria lugubris" = Lugubrilaria lugubris Adams and Reeve 1847 |