SWA 7: Pleistocene, Namibia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Patellidae
Patella barbara Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Scutellastra barbara
Patella compressa
Patella miniata
Patella granularis Linnaeus 1758
Patella granatina Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Bullia digitalis (Dillwyn 1817)
original and current combination Buccinum digitale
Burnupena delalandei
Burnupena papyracea
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus mozambicus
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Argobuccinum argus (Gmelin 1791)
synonym of Argobuccinum pustulosum
Gastropoda - Siphonariidae
Siphonaria capensis Quoy and Gaimard 1833
see common names

Geography
Country:Namibia State/province:Karas County:Grosse Bucht
Coordinates: 26.6° South, 15.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.7° South, 15.0° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: shell bank with crests at 1.8m and 2.5m
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: identified by Mr. R. N. Kilburn
Metadata
Database number:124049
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:J. Sessa
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-02-06 11:17:57 Last modified:2012-02-05 19:02:27
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-06 11:17:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
39733. O. Davies. 1973. Pleistocene shorelines in the Western Cape and South-West Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):719-765 [J. Sessa/J. Sessa/A. Hendy]