Where: Karas, Namibia (28.5° S, 16.2° E: paleocoordinates 28.5° S, 16.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, cherty/siliceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: identified by Professor L. C. King.
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 124047: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 06.02.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Crassostrea margaritacea oyster | |
Donax rogersi clam | |
Lutraria lutraria Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Fissurella robusta snail |