Also known as Column 10
Where: South Africa (34.0° S, 22.8° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° S, 22.7° 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: Unknown. Originally reported by Martin, 1956, 196?, (Barnard, 1958, pers. comm.)
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 122941: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
"Amblychilepas scutella" = Amblychilepas scutellum
"Amblychilepas scutella" = Amblychilepas scutellum Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Haliotis sp. Linnaeus 1758 abalone | |
Oxystele tabularis top snail
Priotrochus alexandri top snail
Stomatella cf. sulcifera top snail
Cantharidus fultoni top snail | |
Minolia articulata snail | |
Cymatium dolarium triton shell
Cymatium klenei triton shell | |
Terebra suspensa auger snail | |
Bullia laevissima Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Nassa kraussiana true whelk | |
Ancilla obtusa olive snail | |
Thais dubia Krauss 1848 murex snail | |
Alvania argentea snail
Rissoa sp. Fréminville 1814 snail | |
Natica genuana moon snail | |
Triforis africana snail | |
Littorina cf. pintado periwinkle | |
"Melanella (Eulima) algoensis" = Eulima
"Melanella (Eulima) algoensis" = Eulima snail | |
Turritella cf. kowiensis, Turritella capensis, "Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera
Turritella cf. kowiensis turret shell
Turritella capensis turret shell
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera Deshayes 1824 turret shell | |
Diala pinnae snail | |
"Cerithium kochi" = Rhinoclavis kochi, Cerithium rufonodulosum
"Cerithium kochi" = Rhinoclavis kochi Philippi 1848 cerith snail
Cerithium rufonodulosum cerith snail | |
"Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus
"Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell | |
Ringicula turtoni snail | |
Solidula sulcata snail | |
Bulla ampulla Linnaeaus 1758 snail | |
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Philine sp. Ascanius 1772 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Lanistina cuneata" = Musculus
"Lanistina cuneata" = Musculus mussel | |
Chloromytilus meridionalis Krauss 1848 mussel | |
Pinna squamifera oyster | |
Lima rotundata file clam | |
Pecten sulcicostata scallop
Chlamys tinctus scallop | |
Solen capensis clam | |
"Glycimeris connollyi" = Glycymeris
"Glycimeris connollyi" = Glycymeris clam | |
Cryptomya philippinarum softshell clam | |
"Cardium turtoni" = Papillicardium turtoni
"Cardium turtoni" = Papillicardium turtoni Sowerby 1894 cockle | |
Theora alfredensis clam | |
Macoma litoralis, Apolymetis orbicularis, Tellina triangularis, Tellina regularis, Tellina madagascariensis, Gastrana abildgaardiana
Macoma litoralis tellin clam
Apolymetis orbicularis tellin clam
Tellina triangularis tellin clam
Tellina regularis tellin clam
Tellina madagascariensis Gmelin 1791 tellin clam
Gastrana abildgaardiana Spengler 1798 tellin clam | |
"Rochefortia ? similis" = Mysella (Rochefortia)
"Rochefortia ? similis" = Mysella (Rochefortia) clam | |
Dosinia hepatica, Dosinia africana, Chione (Timoclea) costellifera, Tapes corrugata, Tapes deshayesii, Venus verrucosa, Venus arakana, Pitaria kochii, Sunetta contempta, Tivela transversa
Dosinia hepatica venus clam
Dosinia africana Gray 1838 venus clam
Chione (Timoclea) costellifera Adams and Reeve 1850 venus clam
Tapes corrugata venus clam
Tapes deshayesii venus clam
Venus verrucosa venus clam
Venus arakana venus clam
Pitaria kochii venus clam
Sunetta contempta venus clam
Tivela transversa venus clam | |
Ungulina alfredensis, Diplodonta (Felania) agulhasensis, "Diplodonta (Felania) cf. senegalensis" = Felaniella senegalensis
Ungulina alfredensis clam
"Diplodonta (Felania) cf. senegalensis" = Felaniella senegalensis Reeve 1850 clam | |
Donacilla africana clam | |
Mactra glabrata clam
Lutraria lutraria Linnaeus 1767 clam
"Mactra ovalina" = Mactrotoma angusta Reeve 1854 surfclam | |
Lucina edentula clam
Divaricella liratula clam |