Where: Western Cape, South Africa (33.9° S, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.0° S, 18.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 118306: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 12.10.2011, edited by Jocelyn Sessa
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Cylichna tubulosa snail | |
Crepidula porcellana slipper shell
Calyptraea kilburni Kensley and Pether 1986 slipper shell | |
Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800 worm shell | |
Argobuccinum casus n. sp.
Argobuccinum casus n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 triton shell | |
? Hespererato oppenheimeri Kensley and Pether 1986 snail | |
"Tritonalia bonaccorsii n. sp." = Ocenebra bonaccorsii, Nucella praecingulata
"Tritonalia bonaccorsii n. sp." = Ocenebra bonaccorsii Carrington and Kensley 1969 murex snail
Nucella praecingulata Haughton 1932 murex snail | |
Melapium hawthornei n. sp., Pseudoliva lutulenta n. sp.
Melapium hawthornei n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 true whelk
Pseudoliva lutulenta n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 true whelk | |
? Nassarius litorafontis snail
? Fusus faurei snail | |
? Turris nigrovitta turrid | |
Terebra canisaxi n. sp.
Terebra canisaxi n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 auger snail | |
"Turritella declivis" = Gazameda declivis
"Turritella declivis" = Gazameda declivis Adams and Reeve 1850 turret shell | |
Bolma anorophora n. sp., Turbo cidaris
Bolma anorophora n. sp. snail
Turbo cidaris snail | |
Oxystele sinensis, Clanculus lutosus n. sp.
Oxystele sinensis top snail
Clanculus lutosus n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 top snail | |
Haliotis saldanhae Kensley 1972 abalone | |
Ringicula turtoni snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana bisupidata pointed nut clam | |
Barnea truncata Say 1822 clam | |
Melliteryx capensis clam | |
Lutraria sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
Standella (Eastonia) namaquensis n. sp. clam | |
Dosinia sicarisinus n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 venus clam
Notocallista schwarzi venus clam | |
Theora sp. Adams and A 1866 clam | |
Gastrana rostrata, "Leporimetis hanleyi" = Psammotreta (Leporimetis)
Gastrana rostrata tellin clam
"Leporimetis hanleyi" = Psammotreta (Leporimetis) tellin clam | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Striostrea margaritacea Lamarck 1819 oyster | |
Isognomon gariesensis n. sp.
Isognomon gariesensis n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 oyster | |
Glycymeris fulleri n. sp.
Glycymeris fulleri n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 clam | |
? Arca halmyrus, "Arca avellana" = Lamarcka avellana
? Arca halmyrus ark
"Arca avellana" = Lamarcka avellana Lamarck 1819 clam | |
Polyplacophora | |
cf. Chiton sp. Linnaeus 1758 chiton |