Site 45 (Pleistocene of Namibia)
Where: Erongo, Namibia (21.8° S, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 21.8° S, 13.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone
• slopes of the islands are covered to 3 m with rock-waste and small pebbles, which overlie gypsified shelly sand
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 124057: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 06.02.2012, edited by Katherine Hendy
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Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
"Nassarius plicatellus" = Nassa plicatella
"Nassarius plicatellus" = Nassa plicatella Adams 1852 true whelk | |
"Thais capensis" = Reishia capensis
"Thais capensis" = Reishia capensis Saussaye 1852 murex snail | |
"Cymatium parthenopeum" = Monoplex parthenopeus
"Cymatium parthenopeum" = Monoplex parthenopeus von Salis Marschlins 1793 triton shell | |
Patella granatina Linnaeus 1758 limpet | |
Siphonaria capensis Quoy and Gaimard 1833 pulmonate | |
Bivalvia | |
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Tapes corrugatus, "Dosinia lupinus" = Dosinia lupina
Tapes corrugatus Gmelin 1791 venus clam
"Dosinia lupinus" = Dosinia lupina Linnaeus 1758 venus clam |