Uubvlei (Pleistocene of Namibia)

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

• "may also belong to Beach C. Deeply gullied bedrock was gently rising at about 12 m. On the rock were pebbles cemented with silicified sand, overlain by about 2 m of bedded marine sand with small and large pebbles, rising more steeply than the basal gravel."

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
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Cardiida - Donacidae
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Lutraria lutraria Linnaeus 1767 clam
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae