Lang. E Quarry-GM: Late/Upper Miocene, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Osteichthyes indet.
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ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
Pelycopoda indet.
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ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
Diodara parviforata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift | ||||||||||
Barbatia obliquata
Wood 1828
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ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
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Parechinus angulosus
(Leske 1778)
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ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rajidae
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Raja sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Chondrichthyes
- Trygonidae
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Trygonidae indet.
Müller and Henle 1837
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ETE occurrence; species: Trygonidae | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squatinidae
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Squatina sp.
Dumeril 1806
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Squatina africana
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalidae
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Squalus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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Galeorhinus sp.
de Blainville and Prévost 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Prionace glauca
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Carcharhinus melanopterus
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Carcharhinus limbatus
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Negaprion sp.
Whitley 1940
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ETE occurrence; species: or Hypoprion sp. | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis accutissima
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Odontaspis sp.
Agassiz 1838
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ETE occurrence; species: B, C | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Carcharodon sp.
Smith 1838
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Megaselachus megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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recombined as Otodus megalodon | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squalomorphii
- Hexanchidae
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Notidanus serratissimus
Agassiz 1843
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recombined as Notorhynchus serratissimus | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Spariformes
- Sparidae
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Sparidae indet.
(Cuvier 1817)
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ETE occurrence; species: Sparidae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
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Pelecaniformes indet.
Sharpe 1891
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ETE occurrence; species: Pelecaniformes | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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Spheniscidae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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Olson 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
"single penguin bone" | ||||||||||
Inguza predemersus
(Simpson 1971)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Dege hendeyi
Simpson 1979
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Chersina sp.
Gray 1831
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Homiphoca capensis
(Hendey and Repenning 1972)
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
(Brisson 1762)
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ETE occurrence; species: Cetacea | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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aff. Plesiobalaenoptera sp.
Bisconti 2010
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Govender et al. 2016 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion cf. primigenium
(von Meyer 1829)
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recombined as Hippotherium primigenium | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Siphonariidae
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Siphonaria indet.
Sowerby 1824
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5 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Crassispira indet.
Swainson 1840
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2 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Littorinidae
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cf. Littorina indet.
Ferussac 1821
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ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Bullia indet.
Gray 1834
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ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Ocenebra scrobiculata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift | ||||||||||
Thais dubia
(Krauss 1848)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clavatulidae
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Clavatula indet.
Lamarck 1801
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2 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Turris indet.
Röding 1798
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Turbonilla kraussi
Clessin 1890
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2 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift | ||||||||||
cf. Pyramidella indet.
Lamarck 1799
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ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Oxystele tigrina
(Anton 1839)
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ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Phasianellidae
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Tricolia neritina
(Dunker 1846)
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ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbo sarmaticus
Linnaeus 1758
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ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Haliotidae
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Haliotis indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
Haliotis saldanhae
Kensley 1972
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4 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Patellida
- Nacellidae
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cf. Cellana indet.
Adams 1869
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ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
Cellana capensis
(Gmelin 1791)
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ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Patellidae
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Patella granularis
Linnaeus 1758
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ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar indet.
Römer 1857
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ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Donax indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
Donax serra
Roding 1798
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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cf. Perna indet.
Retzius 1788
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ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Kraussinidae
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Kraussina rubra
(Pallas 1766)
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ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift | ||||||||||
Thecostraca
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Cirripedia indet.
Rafinesque 1816
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ETE occurrence; species: Cirripedia | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | South Africa |
Coordinates: | 33.0° South, 18.2° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 33.2° South, 17.2° East |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary - Tertiary | *Epoch: | Miocene - Pliocene |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | poorly lithified conglomerate |
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "indurated, reworked phosph rk grav &cob in unconsol wh sand" | |
Environment: | foreshore |
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: coastal, ETE sed env 2: beach ETE event: ., ETE env comment: rocky&sandy beaches |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,selective quarrying,surface (in situ) |
Collection size: | 68 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 10038, 631, 629, 583, 581, ; ETE museum list: |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 1042, Langebaanweg, "E Quarry, GM", | ||
Database number: | 22219 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-06-03 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-06-03 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
5419. | ETE 1148 | P. V. Rich. 1980. Preliminary report on the fossil avian remains from late Tertiary sediments at Langebaanweg (Cape Province), South Africa. Paleont. Afr. 26(7):69-91 [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] | |
34469 | S. L. Olson. 1983. Fossil seabirds and changing marine environments in the late Tertiary of South Africa. South African Journal of Science 79:399-402 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |