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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turritella capensis turret shell | |
Nassa kraussiana true whelk | |
Bullia tenuis snail | |
Natica genuana moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea cucullata" = Saccostrea cuccullata
"Ostrea cucullata" = Saccostrea cuccullata Born 1778 oyster | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Pitaria hebracea venus clam
Tapes corrugata venus clam
Dosinia hepatica venus clam
Venus verrucosa venus clam | |
"Diplodonta (Felania) cf. senegalensis" = Felaniella senegalensis
"Diplodonta (Felania) cf. senegalensis" = Felaniella senegalensis Reeve 1850 clam | |
"Mactra ovalina" = Mactrotoma angusta, Mactra glabrata
"Mactra ovalina" = Mactrotoma angusta Reeve 1854 surfclam
Mactra glabrata clam | |
Gastrana abildgaardiana Spengler 1798 tellin clam
Tellina madagascariensis Gmelin 1791 tellin clam
Macoma litoralis tellin clam | |
Solen capensis clam |