KwaZulu-Natal, False Bay Coral Limestone Fm (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Where: South Africa (28.4° S, 32.4° E: paleocoordinates 28.4° S, 32.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: NN19 zone, False Bay Coral Limestone Formation, Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• late Early Pleistocene (Early Calabrian). Nannofossil zone NN19 (Liu et al. 1996) and oxygen-isotope stage 63 (Lisiecki 2005).

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; rudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. R. Cooper. 2014. The Cainozoic palaeontology and stratigraphy of KwaZulu-Natal. Part 5. The False Bay Coral Limestone Formation. Stratigraphy and fauna. Durban Natural Science Museum Novitates (37)7-24 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 173265: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 15.09.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Ovatipsa chinensis Gmelin 1791 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Canarium mutabilis" = Canarium mutabile
"Canarium mutabilis" = Canarium mutabile Swainson 1821 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Pleuroploca trapezium Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticarius alapapilionis Röding 1798 moon snail
Glossaulax didyma Röding 1798 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Saccostrea cucullata" = Saccostrea cuccullata Born 1778 oyster
Dendostrea folium Linnaeus 1758 foliate oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa virleti Deshayes 1832 oyster
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Spiniplicatula muricata Sowerby 1873 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia achaeus Gray 1849 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Decatopecten amiculum, "Mimachlamys sanguinea" = Chlamys (Mimachlamys)
Decatopecten amiculum Philippi 1851 scallop
"Mimachlamys sanguinea" = Chlamys (Mimachlamys) scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia foliata Forsskal 1775 clam
Anadara jacksoni n. sp. Cooper 2014 ark
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Lutraria aff. australis Deshayes 1855 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Circe scripta" = Circe (Circe) scripta Linnaeus 1758 Script Venus
Gafrarium pectinatum Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Timoclea costellifera Adams and Reeve 1850 venus clam
"Pitarina hebraea" = Pitar (Pitarina) venus clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama limbula Lamarck 1819 jewel box
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Fragum nivale Reeve 1845 cockle
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari maculosa Lamarck 1818 clam