Langebaanweg, QSM (Pliocene of South Africa)

Where: Cape, South Africa (33.0° S, 18.1° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 34.0° S, 17.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Quarzose Sand Member (Varswater Formation), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. L. Olson. 1985. Early Pliocene Procellariformes (Aves) from Langebaanweg, south-western Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 95(3):123-145 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 176419: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Procellariiformes - Oceanitidae
Oceanites zaloscarthmus n. sp.
Oceanites zaloscarthmus n. sp. Olson 1985 bird
 Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae
Diomedea sp.
Diomedea sp. Linnaeus 1758 albatross
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Procellariidae indet., Pelecanoides cymatotrypetes n. sp., Pachyptila sp., Pachyptila salax n. sp., Puffinus sp.
Procellariidae indet. Vigors 1825 petrel
Pelecanoides cymatotrypetes n. sp. Olson 1985 diving-petrel
Pachyptila sp. Illiger 1811 prion
sp. A, B, C
Pachyptila salax n. sp. Olson 1985 prion
Puffinus sp. Brisson 1760 shearwater
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet., aff. Plesiobalaenoptera sp.
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual
aff. Plesiobalaenoptera sp. Bisconti 2010 rorqual