Knysna (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Also known as Column 11

Where: South Africa (34.0° S, 23.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° S, 22.9° 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. Shells submitted to S. Afr. Mus. by Prof. J.L.B. Smith and Mrs. L. Kerr.

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 122943: 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.
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula porcellana slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Dialidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Cerithium kochi" = Rhinoclavis kochi Philippi 1848 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera Deshayes 1824 turret shell
Turritella capensis turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica genuana moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Cymatium dolarium triton shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Nassa kraussiana true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Thais capensis" = Reishia capensis
"Thais capensis" = Reishia capensis Saussaye 1852 murex snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa truncatula Bruguiere 1792 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla ampulla Linnaeaus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
"Diplodonta (Felania) cf. senegalensis" = Felaniella senegalensis
"Diplodonta (Felania) cf. senegalensis" = Felaniella senegalensis Reeve 1850 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Tapes deshayesii venus clam
Venus verrucosa venus clam
Dosinia hepatica venus clam
Pitaria hebracea venus clam
Pitaria manillae venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Mactra ovalina" = Mactrotoma angusta
"Mactra ovalina" = Mactrotoma angusta Reeve 1854 surfclam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma litoralis tellin clam
Tellina madagascariensis Gmelin 1791 tellin clam
Gastrana abildgaardiana Spengler 1798 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium turtoni" = Papillicardium turtoni
"Cardium turtoni" = Papillicardium turtoni Sowerby 1894 cockle
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten fumatus Reeve 1852 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea cucullata" = Saccostrea cuccullata
"Ostrea cucullata" = Saccostrea cuccullata Born 1778 oyster