Also known as Column 6
Where: South Africa (33.0° S, 17.9° E: paleocoordinates 33.0° S, 17.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed in text. AGE: Pleistocene, presumably. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Originally reported by Haughton, 1932 and Wybergh, 1920.
Primary reference: K. H. Barnard. 1962. Revised list of South African late Tertiary and Pleistocene marine Mollusca. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 36(4):179-196 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 122937: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea atherstonei oyster | |
Divaricella liratula clam | |
Solen capensis clam | |
Gastrana abildgaardiana Spengler 1798 tellin clam
Tellina madagascariensis Gmelin 1791 tellin clam | |
Mactra glabrata clam
Lutraria lutraria Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Dosinia africana, Tapes corrugata, Tapes deshayesii, Venus verrucosa, Tivela compressa, Macrocallista cf. lilacina
Dosinia africana Gray 1838 venus clam
Tapes corrugata venus clam
Tapes deshayesii venus clam
Venus verrucosa venus clam
Tivela compressa venus clam
Macrocallista cf. lilacina venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Turbo ? sarmaticus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Gibbula capensis top snail | |
"Amblychilepas scutella" = Amblychilepas scutellum
"Amblychilepas scutella" = Amblychilepas scutellum Gmelin 1791 snail | |
"Patella cochlear" = Scutellastra cochlear, "Patella barbara" = Scutellastra barbara, Patella compressa, Patella argenvillei, Patella granularis, Patella granatina
"Patella cochlear" = Scutellastra cochlear Born 1778 limpet
"Patella barbara" = Scutellastra barbara Linnaeus 1758 limpet
Patella compressa limpet
Patella argenvillei limpet
Patella granularis Linnaeus 1758 limpet
Patella granatina Linnaeus 1758 limpet | |
"Thais squamosa" = Sistrum squamosum
"Thais squamosa" = Sistrum squamosum Pease 1868 snail | |
Turritella capensis, "Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera
Turritella capensis turret shell
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera Deshayes 1824 turret shell | |
Cerithium cf. guinacium cerith snail | |
Crepidula porcellana, "Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Crepidula porcellana slipper shell
"Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell | |
"Argobuccinum argus" = Argobuccinum pustulosum, Cymatium dolarium
"Argobuccinum argus" = Argobuccinum pustulosum Solander and Lightfoot 1786 triton shell
Cymatium dolarium triton shell | |
Burnupena cincta, Burnupena limbosa, Burnupena lagenaria, Burnupena papyracea, Nassa speciosa, Nassa plicatella
Burnupena cincta true whelk
Burnupena limbosa true whelk
Burnupena lagenaria true whelk
Burnupena papyracea true whelk
Nassa speciosa true whelk
Nassa plicatella Adams 1852 true whelk | |
Fusus verruculatus snail | |
Mitra aerumnosa mitre shell | |
Conus elongatus cone shell | |
Clionella rosaria snail
Clavatula sinuata Born 1780 snail | |
"Tritonalia purpuroides" = Purpura (Tritonalia), Thais cingulata, "Purpura angulata" = Purpura (Stramonita) angulata
"Tritonalia purpuroides" = Purpura (Tritonalia) murex snail
Thais cingulata murex snail
"Purpura angulata" = Purpura (Stramonita) angulata Dujardin 1837 murex snail | |
Marginella capensis Krauss 1848 margin shell | |
Natica genuana moon snail | |
Fasciolaria lugubris | |
"Fasciolaria lugubris" = Lugubrilaria lugubris
"Fasciolaria lugubris" = Lugubrilaria lugubris Adams and Reeve 1847 |