PBDB Collection

Orange River Core 1 (Miocene of South Africa)

Where: North Cape, South Africa (28.6° S, 16.5° E: paleocoordinates 29.8° S, 13.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• Ocean core. Correlated to the Aquitanian (23.8-22.6 Ma).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• "inner to middle shelf muds and chalks "

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: R. V. Dingle, I. K. McMillan, S. Majoran and L. Bisset. 2001. Palaeo-oceanographical implications of Early-Middle Miocene subtropical ostracod faunas from the continental shelf of the SE Atlantic Ocean . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 173(1-2):43-60 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37451: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 15.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Australileberis sp., Pseudokeijella sp. Australileberis sp. Pseudokeijella sp.
Deuteropoda
-	Ostracoda indet. Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Ostracoda
-	Kuiperiana cf. angulata Kuiperiana cf. angulata ostracod
Podocopida - Xestoleberididae	Xestoleberis sp. Xestoleberis sp. Sars 1866 ostracod
Podocopida - Cytheruridae	Hemicytherura cf. petheri, Kangarina cf. mucronata, ? Kangarina cf. hendyi, ? Kangarina sp., ? Hemingwayella sp., Semicytherura sp., Paracytheridea cf. culmen, Cytheropteron cf. sp., Eucytherura sp. Hemicytherura cf. petheri ostracod Kangarina cf. mucronata ostracod ? Kangarina cf. hendyi ostracod ? Kangarina sp. ostracod ? Hemingwayella sp. ostracod Semicytherura sp. ostracod Paracytheridea cf. culmen ostracod Cytheropteron cf. sp. Sars 1866 ostracod Eucytherura sp. ostracod
Podocopida - Trachyleberididae	Idiocythere sp., Henryhowella sp., Trachyleberis sp., Buntonia sp., Carinocythereis cf. sp., Ruggieria cf. frucilla, Ruggieria sp. Idiocythere sp. ostracod Henryhowella sp. Puri 1957 ostracod Trachyleberis sp. ostracod Buntonia sp. Howe 1935 ostracod Carinocythereis cf. sp. ostracod Ruggieria cf. frucilla ostracod Ruggieria sp. ostracod
Podocopida - Cytherideidae	Parakrithella sp., Krithe cf. capensis, Krithe aff. spatularis Parakrithella sp. Hanai 1959 ostracod Krithe cf. capensis ostracod Krithe aff. spatularis ostracod
Podocopida - Loxoconchidae	Palmoconcha cf. walvisridgensis Palmoconcha cf. walvisridgensis ostracod
Podocopida - Cytheridae	Paijenborchella disadunca, Paijenborchella cf. iocosa Paijenborchella disadunca ostracod Paijenborchella cf. iocosa ostracod
Podocopida - Bythocytheridae	Pseudocythere sp. Pseudocythere sp. ostracod
Podocopida - Paradoxostomatidae	Cytherois sp. Cytherois sp. ostracod
Podocopida -	Saida sp. Saida sp. ostracod
Podocopida - Hemicytheridae	Ambostracon sp. Ambostracon sp. Hazel 1962 ostracod
Podocopida - Pectocytheridae	Munseyella cf. africana Munseyella cf. africana ostracod
Podocopida - Leguminocythereidae	Leguminocythereis cf. dinglei Leguminocythereis cf. dinglei ostracod
Podocopida - Neocytherideidae	Neocytherideis cf. boomeri Neocytherideis cf. boomeri ostracod
Podocopida -	? Crenaleya cf. apolegma, Stigmatocythere cf. bornhardti, Chrysocythere sp., Coquimba sp. ? Crenaleya cf. apolegma ostracod Stigmatocythere cf. bornhardti ostracod Chrysocythere sp. ostracod Coquimba sp. ostracod
Podocopida - Bairdiidae	Bairdoppilata sp. Bairdoppilata sp. ostracod
Podocopida -	Haughtonileberis sp. Haughtonileberis sp. ostracod
Podocopida - Pontocyprididae	Australoecia cf. fulleri, Argilloecia cf. sp. Australoecia cf. fulleri ostracod Argilloecia cf. sp. ostracod
Podocopida - Macrocyprididae	Macrocypris sp. Macrocypris sp. ostracod
Podocopida -	"Neocaudites aff. maccagnoi" = Falsocythere maccagnoi "Neocaudites aff. maccagnoi" = Falsocythere maccagnoi Ciampo 1972 ostracod
Platycopida - Cytherellidae	Cytherella mediocalva, Cytherella sp. Cytherella mediocalva ostracod Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
Brachycytherinae
-	Incongruellina cf. venusta Incongruellina cf. venusta