Farm Vipersdorf 63, Gibeon District, Mariental: Sakmarian, Namibia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Namibia |
| Coordinates: | 24.5° South, 18.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 57.4° South, 36.8° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Cisuralian |
| Stage: | Sakmarian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 2 |
| Key time interval: | Sakmarian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 293.52 - 290.1 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Dwyka | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower part of the Dwyka Formation, most likely Sakmarian but potentially early Artinskian. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Geological Survey, Union of South Africa, Pretoria | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 41326 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Bottjer | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-12 14:18:10 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-12 14:18:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11092. | J. M. Dickins. 1961. Eurydesma and Peruvispira from the Dwyka Beds of South Africa. Palaeontology 4(1):138-148 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |