Where: South Africa (33.8° S, 20.9° E: paleocoordinates 60.9° S, 152.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Gamka Formation (Bokkeveld Group), Late/Upper Emsian (402.5 - 391.9 Ma)
• Latest Emsian. Age call from ref. 9618.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained, medium, intraclastic sandstone
Primary reference: R. D. F. Oosthuizen. 1984. Preliminary catalogue and report on the biostratigraphy and palaeogeographic distribution of the Bokkeveld fauna. Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa 87:125-140 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35598: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 30.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Strophomenata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculites colonicus clam | |
Trilobita | |
"Bainella africana" = Anchiopella
"Bainella africana" = Anchiopella trilobite |