Langebaanweg, QSM: Zanclean, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Oceanitidae
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Oceanites zaloscarthmus n. sp.
Olson 1985
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176 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Procellariidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Pelecanoides cymatotrypetes n. sp.
Olson 1985
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Puffinus sp.
Brisson 1760
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Pachyptila sp.
Illiger 1811
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| sp. A, B, C | ||||||||||
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Pachyptila salax n. sp.
Olson 1985
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203 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Diomedeidae
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Diomedea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Balaenopteridae indet.
Gray 1864
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Govender et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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aff. Plesiobalaenoptera sp.
Bisconti 2010
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Govender et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Cape |
| Coordinates: | 33.0° South, 18.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° South, 17.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Varswater | Member: | Quarzose Sand |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176419 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-11 14:13:18 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-11 14:13:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5416. | ETE 1145 | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 59588 | R. Govender, M. Bisconti, and A. Chinsamy. 2016. A late Miocene–early Pliocene baleen whale assemblage from Langebaanweg, west coast of South Africa (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Alcheringa [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |