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
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
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
"Mactra ovalina" = Mactrotoma angusta
"Mactra ovalina" = Mactrotoma angusta Reeve 1854 surfclam | |
"Diplodonta (Felania) cf. senegalensis" = Felaniella senegalensis
"Diplodonta (Felania) cf. senegalensis" = Felaniella senegalensis Reeve 1850 clam | |
Macrocallista cf. lilacina, Venus verrucosa, Dosinia hepatica, Tapes deshayesii, Pitaria hebracea, Pitaria manillae
Macrocallista cf. lilacina venus clam
Venus verrucosa venus clam
Dosinia hepatica venus clam
Tapes deshayesii venus clam
Pitaria hebracea venus clam
Pitaria manillae venus clam | |
Macoma litoralis, Tellina triangularis, Tellina madagascariensis, Apolymetis orbicularis, Gastrana abildgaardiana
Macoma litoralis tellin clam
Tellina triangularis tellin clam
Tellina madagascariensis Gmelin 1791 tellin clam
Apolymetis orbicularis tellin clam
Gastrana abildgaardiana Spengler 1798 tellin clam | |
Theora alfredensis clam | |
"Cardium turtoni" = Papillicardium turtoni
"Cardium turtoni" = Papillicardium turtoni Sowerby 1894 cockle | |
Pecten fumatus Reeve 1852 scallop | |
"Ostrea cucullata" = Saccostrea cuccullata
"Ostrea cucullata" = Saccostrea cuccullata Born 1778 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Retusa truncatula Bruguiere 1792 snail | |
Bulla ampulla Linnaeaus 1758 snail | |
Crepidula porcellana slipper shell | |
Cerithium rufonodulosum, "Cerithium kochi" = Rhinoclavis kochi
Cerithium rufonodulosum cerith snail
"Cerithium kochi" = Rhinoclavis kochi Philippi 1848 cerith snail | |
Turritella cf. kowiensis, Turritella capensis, "Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera
Turritella cf. kowiensis turret shell
Turritella capensis turret shell
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera Deshayes 1824 turret shell | |
Diala pinnae snail | |
Cymatium dolarium triton shell | |
"Thais capensis" = Reishia capensis
"Thais capensis" = Reishia capensis Saussaye 1852 murex snail | |
Nassa kraussiana true whelk | |
Natica genuana moon snail | |
Turbo natalensis snail | |
Turbonilla similans snail
Turbonilla tincta snail |