Wesselton Mine, Kimberley, Dwyka Shale: Artinskian - Capitanian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Elonichthyiformes
- Elonichthyidae
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Acrolepis addamsi
Broom 1913
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Geography
| Country: | South Africa | County: | Kimberley |
| Coordinates: | 28.8° South, 24.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 61.0° South, 34.6° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Cisuralian - Guadalupian |
| Stage: | Artinskian - Capitanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 2 - Permian 4 |
| Key time interval: | Artinskian - Capitanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 290.1 - 259.51 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Dwyka Shale | Formation: | Ganigobis | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Approximately of Dwyka age." Could be from the Ecca shales. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | carbonaceous "shale" |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: South African Museum | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 131113 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | P. Vazquez |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-20 09:15:44 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-07-20 09:15:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42335. | B. G. Gardiner. 1962. Namaichthys Schroederi, Gürich and other Palaeozoic Fishes from South Africa. Palaeontology 5(1):9-21 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/S. Fasey] |