Where: Sperrgebiet, Namibia (27.4° S, 15.4° E: paleocoordinates 31.4° S, 8.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: NP 19-20 nannofossil zone, Langental Beds Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• The marine beds are only about 4 m thick. The age can be narrowly defined by the range overlap of Discoaster saipanensis and Isthmolithus recurvus. The former ranges from the middle to upper Eocene and the latter from upper Eocene to lower Oligocene. They co-occur only in the NP 19 and NP 20 zones of Martini's (1971) biostratigraphic zonal scheme, and only in the I. recurvus subzone of Bukry's (1975) zonal scheme. Informally named "Langental Beds."
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, green, yellow, calcareous siltstone and lithified, concretionary, shelly/skeletal, gray, green, yellow, calcareous sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: J. Böhm and W. Weisfermel. 1913. Über tertiäre Versteinerungen von den Bogenfelser Diamantfeldern. Beiträge zur Geologischen Erforschung der Deutschen Schutzgebiete 5:58-111 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 149316: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.08.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Heligomotoma clavaeforme n. sp.1, Calianassa erecta n. sp.1, Calianassa cf. fraasi1, Brachyuridarum sp.1, Diplochaetes longitubus n. gen. n. sp.
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Actinopteri | |
Labrodon stromeri n. sp.1
Labrodon stromeri n. sp.1 Bohm 1926 | |
"Chrysophrys blankenhorni n. sp." = Otolithus (Chrysophris)1
"Chrysophrys blankenhorni n. sp." = Otolithus (Chrysophris)1 | |
Paranarrhichas damesi n. gen. n. sp.1
Paranarrhichas damesi n. gen. n. sp.1 Bohm 1926 | |
Sphyraenodus hastatus n. sp.1
Sphyraenodus hastatus n. sp.1 Bohm 1926 | |
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Osteichthyes | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
Odontorhytis pappenheimi n. sp.1
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Oxypristis ferinus n. sp.1
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"Lamna (Odontaspis) cf. elegans" = Striatolamia macrota
"Lamna (Odontaspis) cf. elegans" = Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark | |
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"Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus1
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"Oxyrhina desori" = Isurus oxyrinchus1, Alopecias smithwoodwardi n. sp.1, "Oxyrhina hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis, "Lamna (Odontaspis) cf. contortidens" = Lamna contortidens, Lamna barnitzkei n. sp.1, Lamna vincenti1
"Oxyrhina hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
"Lamna (Odontaspis) cf. contortidens" = Lamna contortidens Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark | |
"Notidanus serratissimus" = Notorhynchus serratissimus1
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Rhaibodus rapax n. gen. n. sp.1
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Gymnolaemata | |
Conopeum lamellosum1 Canu and Bassler 1920 | |
"Grammella crassimarginata" = Crassimarginatella1
"Grammella crassimarginata" = Crassimarginatella1 | |
Schizoporella latisinuata1 Ulrich and Bassler 1904 | |
Bivalvia | |
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Arca (Noetia) reuningi n. sp.
Arca (Noetia) reuningi n. sp. Böhm 1913 clam | |
Arca koerti n. sp.
Arca koerti n. sp. Böhm 1913 ark | |
"Ostrea digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina, Crassostrea rutriformis n. sp.1, Crassostrea cymbaeformis n. sp.1, Crassostrea roncana1, Ostrea gingensis
"Ostrea digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina Eichwald 1830 oyster | |
Exogyra scheibei n. sp.1
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Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop | |
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Tellina luderitizi n. sp. tellin clam
Tellina cf. serrata Renier 1804 tellin clam
Tellina (Peronaea) oppenheimi n. sp. Böhm 1913 tellin clam | |
Mactra (Barymactra) denburgi n. sp. clam | |
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"Leda sp." = Nuculana
"Leda sp." = Nuculana Link 1807 pointed nut clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Aturia lotzi n. sp.
Aturia lotzi n. sp. Böhm 1913 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
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Turritella (? Haustator) atlantica n. sp., Turritella (Haustator) vermicularis, Archimediella schetteri n. sp.1, Turritella sp.2, Turritella merenskyi n. sp.1, Turritella terebralis
Turritella (? Haustator) atlantica n. sp. Böhm 1913 turret shell | |
"Tenagodes sp." = Tenagodus1
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Natica exilis n. sp.1
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Vexillum lindequisti n. sp.1
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"Melongena cf. cornuta" = Galeodes cornutus1
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Turricula excelsa n. sp.1
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Ocinebra dietrichi n. sp.1
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Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Nodosariata | |
Astacolus sp.2 de Montfort 1808 | |
Foraminifera | |
Textularia sp.2 Defrance 1824 | |
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Glandulina sp.2 d'Orbigny 1826 | |
"Lenticulina subalata" = Cristellaria subalata2 Reuss 1854 | |
Globothalamea | |
Cibicides sp.2 Monfort 1808
Cibicides pseudoungerianus2 Cushman 1922 | |
Coccolithophyceae | |
Chiasmolithus sp.2 Hay et al. 1966 | |
Discoaster saipanensis2, Discoaster tani2, Braarudosphaera discula2, Braarudosphaera bigelowi2, Coccolithus eopelagicus2, Coccolithus formosus2, Zygrhablithus bijugatus2
Coccolithus formosus2 Kamptner 1963
Zygrhablithus bijugatus2 Deflandre and Fert 1954 | |
Isthmolithus recurvus2 Deflandre 1954 | |
Reticulofenestra | |
Reticulofenestra bisecta2 Roth 1970 |