Also known as Column 9
Where: South Africa (34.1° S, 22.1° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° S, 22.0° 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 Rogers, 1906. Van
•Hoepen, I940, 1941. Also based on specimens in S. Afr. Museum.
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 122940: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Amblychilepas scutella" = Amblychilepas scutellum, Fissurella mutabilis
"Amblychilepas scutella" = Amblychilepas scutellum Gmelin 1791 snail
Fissurella mutabilis snail | |
"Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus
"Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell | |
"Cerithidium fragrans" = Bittium (Cerithidium), Cerithium rufonodulosum, "Cerithium kochi" = Rhinoclavis kochi
"Cerithidium fragrans" = Bittium (Cerithidium) cerith snail
Cerithium rufonodulosum cerith snail
"Cerithium kochi" = Rhinoclavis kochi Philippi 1848 cerith snail | |
Turritella cf. kowiensis, Turritella capensis, Turritella ferruginea, "Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera
Turritella cf. kowiensis turret shell
Turritella capensis turret shell
Turritella ferruginea turret shell
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera Deshayes 1824 turret shell | |
Diala pinnae snail | |
Nassa kraussiana true whelk | |
Thais dubia Krauss 1848 murex snail | |
Phalium zeylanicum snail
Phalium labiata snail | |
Charonia pustulata triton
Cymatium dolarium triton shell | |
Alvania fenestrata snail | |
Solidula sulcata snail | |
Bulla ampulla Linnaeaus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Arca obliquata ark | |
Lima rotundata file clam | |
Ostrea atherstonei oyster
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Tivela compressa, Tivela transversa, Tapes corrugata, Tapes deshayesii, Dosinia hepatica, Venus verrucosa
Tivela compressa venus clam
Tivela transversa venus clam
Tapes corrugata venus clam
Tapes deshayesii venus clam
Dosinia hepatica venus clam
Venus verrucosa venus clam | |
Diplodonta (Felania) agulhasensis, "Diplodonta (Felania) cf. senegalensis" = Felaniella senegalensis
"Diplodonta (Felania) cf. senegalensis" = Felaniella senegalensis Reeve 1850 clam | |
"Mactra ovalina" = Mactrotoma angusta Reeve 1854 surfclam
Lutraria sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
Mactra glabrata clam | |
Papyridea papyracea cockle | |
Apolymetis orbicularis tellin clam
Gastrana abildgaardiana Spengler 1798 tellin clam
Tellina triangularis tellin clam
Tellina madagascariensis Gmelin 1791 tellin clam | |
Panopea natalensis, "Glycimeris queketti" = Glycymeris
Panopea natalensis clam
"Glycimeris queketti" = Glycymeris clam |