Vioolsdrif: Gzhelian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Elonichthyiformes
- Acrolepididae
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Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Northern Cape | County: | Namakwa |
| Coordinates: | 28.8° South, 17.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.0° South, 47.3° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| Stage: | Gzhelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Gzhelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 303.7 - 298.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Dwyka | Formation: | Lower Dwyka Shales | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: Warmbad basin | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary lithified conglomeratic "carbonate" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | "Viool's Drift" | ||
| Database number: | 230203 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Dunne | Enterer: | S. Fasey | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-05-23 05:28:42 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-05-23 05:28:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 84740. | I. R. McLachlan and A. Anderson. 1973. A review of the evidence for marine conditions in Southern Africa during Dwyka times. Palaeontologia Africana 15:37-64 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey] |