Keurbooms River (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Also known as Column 12

Where: South Africa (34.0° S, 23.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° S, 23.3° 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. Originally reported by Schwarz, 1900, and Krige, 1927 (p. 59, 76-79).

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 122944: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, and with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, though with species-resolution identifications.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella capensis turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Nassa kraussiana true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica genuana moon snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea cucullata" = Saccostrea cuccullata
"Ostrea cucullata" = Saccostrea cuccullata Born 1778 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitaria hebracea venus clam
Tapes corrugata venus clam
Dosinia hepatica venus clam
Venus verrucosa venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
"Diplodonta (Felania) cf. senegalensis" = Felaniella senegalensis
"Diplodonta (Felania) cf. senegalensis" = Felaniella senegalensis Reeve 1850 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Mactra ovalina" = Mactrotoma angusta, Mactra glabrata
"Mactra ovalina" = Mactrotoma angusta Reeve 1854 surfclam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Gastrana abildgaardiana Spengler 1798 tellin clam
Tellina madagascariensis Gmelin 1791 tellin clam
Macoma litoralis tellin clam
 Solenida - Solenidae