Hondeklip 30m Complex 2: Early/Lower Pleistocene, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium lycocephalum n. sp.
Kensley and Pether 1986
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella carinifera
Deshayes 1824
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| recombined as Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea kilburni
Kensley and Pether 1986
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| Calyptraea kilburni nom. nov. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Vermetus sp.
Daudin 1800
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Ocenebra bonaccorsii
(Carrington and Kensley 1969)
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Ocenebra petrocyon n. sp.
Kensley and Pether 1986
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Sinum concavum
(Lamarck 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Littorinidae
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Littorina sp.
Ferussac 1821
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbo cidaris
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Clanculus murrayi
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora elevata
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Fissurella glarea
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Gastropoda
- Patellidae
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Patella miniata
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Patella sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Polyplacophora
- Chitonida
- Chitonidae
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cf. Chiton sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana bisupidata
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Aulacomya ater
(Molina 1782)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Striostrea margaritacea
(Lamarck 1819)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Barnea truncata
(Say 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Lutraria sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Petricola prava
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Venus verrucosa
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Donax rogersi
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina trilatera
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Pharidae
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Phaxas decipiens
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Condylocardiidae
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Carditella calipsamma
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Cuna aquaedulcensis
Kensley 1977
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Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Western Cape |
| Coordinates: | 33.9° South, 18.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.0° South, 18.1° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
| Geology comments: "proximal lower shoreface deposits" with "open-coast" taxa | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 118303 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Eccles |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-10-12 00:25:49 | Last modified: | 2011-10-17 22:37:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-12 00:25:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38091. | B. Kensley and J. Pether. 1986. Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 97(6):141-225 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles] |