Site 12 (Pleistocene of Namibia)

Where: Erongo, Namibia (22.8° S, 14.5° E: paleocoordinates 22.8° S, 14.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• 1.8m above mean sea level... at north end up to 3.6 m M.S.L.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone and gravel

• at north end banks of pebbles 3 m thick, mixed with shell and resting on the grey clay of the vlei-bottom; the crest is not exposed and the ridge may be a storm-ridge. The numerous pebbles suggest an old river-mouth.

Size class: macrofossils

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 124051: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 06.02.2012, edited by Katherine Hendy

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Dosinia ? orbignyi" = Artemis orbignyi, Tapes corrugatus
"Dosinia ? orbignyi" = Artemis orbignyi Dunker 1845 venus clam
Tapes corrugatus Gmelin 1791 venus clam
 Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax serra
Donax serra Roding 1798 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea ? stentina
Ostrea ? stentina Payraudeau 1826 oyster
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Thais haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma
"Thais haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Amblychilepas scutellum
Amblychilepas scutellum Gmelin 1791 snail
 Ptenoglossa - Thaididae
"Thais squamosa" = Sistrum squamosum
"Thais squamosa" = Sistrum squamosum Pease 1868 snail