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

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
  -
Homoioceras sp., Charcharias sp., Charcharias ferox, Glopias vulpes
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Striostrea margaritacea, Ostrea atherstonei
Striostrea margaritacea Lamarck 1819 oyster
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Ostrea atherstonei oyster
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Aves
 Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
cf. Struthio sp.
cf. Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
cf. Testudo sp.
cf. Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ceratotherium cf. praecox
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet., "Hipparion albertense" = Eurygnathohippus albertense, Equus helmei
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
ETE occurrence; species: Equidae
"Hipparion albertense" = Eurygnathohippus albertense Hopwood 1926 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus sp.
Hippopotamus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet.1
Balaenopteridae indet.1 Gray 1864 rorqual
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
cf. Damaliscus sp., cf. Oreotragus sp., cf. Redunca sp.
cf. Damaliscus sp. Sclater and Thomas 1894 antelope
cf. Oreotragus sp. Smith 1834 klipspringer
cf. Redunca sp. Smith 1827 reedbuck
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Sivatherium olduvaiense
Sivatherium olduvaiense Singer and Boné 1960 giraffe
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Homiphoca capensis
Homiphoca capensis Hendey and Repenning 1972 seal
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Sivaonyx hendeyi2
Sivaonyx hendeyi2 Morales et al. 2005 otter
 Carnivora - Canidae
cf. Canis sp.
cf. Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Parahyaena brunnea3
Parahyaena brunnea3 Thunberg 1820 brown hyaena
 Proboscidea - Stegodontidae
Stegolophodon sp.
Stegolophodon sp. Pohlig 1888 proboscidean
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Loxodonta sp., Stegodon sp.
Loxodonta sp. Cuvier 1825 African elephant
Stegodon sp. Falconer 1857 elephant
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus cf. glaucus, Lamna nasus
Isurus cf. glaucus mackerel shark
Lamna nasus mackerel shark
 Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
"Rhinoptera dubia" = Rhinoptera dubius
"Rhinoptera dubia" = Rhinoptera dubius Leidy 1855 cownose ray
1Govender et al. 2016; 2Morales and Pickford 2005; 3Werdelin and Turner 1996