Orange River Core 1: Aquitanian, South Africa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Australileberis sp.
Pseudokeijella sp.
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella mediocalva
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849
Ostracoda - Podocopida
Neocaudites aff. maccagnoi (Ciampo 1972)
original and current combination Falsocythere maccagnoi
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdoppilata sp.
Ostracoda - Podocopida
? Crenaleya cf. apolegma
Haughtonileberis sp.
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Macrocyprididae
Macrocypris sp.
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Pontocyprididae
Australoecia cf. fulleri
Argilloecia cf. sp.
Ostracoda - Podocopida
Coquimba sp.
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
Palmoconcha cf. walvisridgensis
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Eucytherura sp.
Cytheropteron cf. sp. Sars 1866
Kangarina cf. mucronata
? Kangarina cf. hendyi
? Kangarina sp.
Hemicytherura cf. petheri
Paracytheridea cf. culmen
? Hemingwayella sp.
Semicytherura sp.
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Pseudocythere sp.
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Krithe cf. capensis
Krithe aff. spatularis
Parakrithella sp. Hanai 1959
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheridae
Paijenborchella disadunca
Paijenborchella cf. iocosa
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Xestoleberididae
Xestoleberis sp. Sars 1866
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Carinocythereis cf. sp.
Ruggieria cf. frucilla
Ruggieria sp.
Idiocythere sp.
Trachyleberis sp.
Henryhowella sp. Puri 1957
Buntonia sp. Howe 1935
Ostracoda - Podocopida
Chrysocythere sp.
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Pectocytheridae
Munseyella cf. africana
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Neocytherideidae
Neocytherideis cf. boomeri
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Paradoxostomatidae
Cytherois sp.
Ostracoda - Podocopida
Saida sp.
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Leguminocythereidae
Leguminocythereis cf. dinglei
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae
Ambostracon sp. Hazel 1962
Ostracoda - Podocopida
Stigmatocythere cf. bornhardti
Ostracoda
Kuiperiana cf. angulata
unclassified
Incongruellina cf. venusta
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa State/province:North Cape
Coordinates: 28.6° South, 16.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.8° South, 13.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:0 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Aquitanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Aquitanian
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 20.44000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Ocean core. Correlated to the Aquitanian (23.8-22.6 Ma).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "inner to middle shelf muds and chalks "
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:37451
Authorizer:W. Clyde Enterer:J. Finarelli
Modifier:J. Finarelli Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-03-15 11:22:49 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2004-03-15 11:22:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10031. 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]