Langebaanweg general (Miocene to of South Africa)

Also known as ETE Locality 1043, Langebaanweg, Langebaanweg general,

Where: South Africa (33.0° S, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.5° S, 16.6° E)

When: Bredasdorp & Varswater Formation, Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Dating by correlation with radiometrically dated sites.

Environment/lithology: coastal; phosphatic, quartzose, calcareous sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: coastal, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: "dunes, estuary/marine/floodplain seds"
• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "calcereous, phosphatic, and quartzose sands, some claeye-carbonaceous sediments, some gravel"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 632, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: Q. B. Hendey. 1976. The Pliocene fossil occurences in 'E' Quarry, Langebaanweg, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 69(9):215-247 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 22220: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 03.06.1999, edited by Richard Potts, Mark Uhen and Hannah O'Regan

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea atherstonei oyster
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Striostrea margaritacea Lamarck 1819 oyster
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
cf. Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
cf. Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta sp. Cuvier 1825 African elephant
Stegodon sp. Falconer 1857 elephant
 Proboscidea - Stegodontidae
Stegolophodon sp. Pohlig 1888 proboscidean
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Parahyaena brunnea3 Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Sivaonyx hendeyi2 Morales et al. 2005 otter
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Homiphoca capensis Hendey and Repenning 1972 seal
 Carnivora - Canidae
cf. Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
ETE occurrence; species: Equidae
"Hipparion albertense" = Eurygnathohippus albertense Hopwood 1926 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet.1 Gray 1864 rorqual
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
cf. Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
cf. Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck
cf. Oreotragus sp. Smith 1834 klipspringer
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus cf. glaucus mackerel shark
Lamna nasus mackerel shark
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
"Rhinoptera dubia" = Rhinoptera dubius
"Rhinoptera dubia" = Rhinoptera dubius Leidy 1855 cownose ray