Where: South Africa (33.0° S, 19.4° E: paleocoordinates 65.4° S, 153.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Waboomberg Formation (Bokkeveld Group), Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)
• Upper Eifelian. Age call from ref. 9618.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; bioturbated, intraclastic siltstone and bioturbated, intraclastic mudstone
Primary reference: R. D. F. Oosthuizen. 1984. Preliminary catalogue and report on the biostratigraphy and palaeogeographic distribution of the Bokkeveld fauna. Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa 87:125-140 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35597: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 30.12.2003, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Asteroidea | |
Ulrichaster macrodentatus n. sp.1
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Trilobita | |
Metacryphaeus ? tuberculatus Kozlowski 1923 trilobite | |
Polyplacophora | |
Hannestheronia australis n. gen. n. sp.2
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Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Lingulata | |
Lingula "sp. (B)" BruguiƩre 1797 | |
Lophophorata | |
Hexactinellida | |
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Rhyniaceae | |
Palaeostigma sewardi Kraeusel and Dolianiti 1957 | |
Lycopsida | |
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Psilophytopsida | |
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