PBDB Collection

Orange River Core 2 (Miocene of South Africa)

Where: North Cape, South Africa (28.6° S, 16.5° E: paleocoordinates 29.4° S, 14.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Ocean core. Correlated to the Burdigalian (22.6–16.01 Ma).

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; silty, sandy mudstone

• Inner shelf-offshore bar sands and silts.

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37487: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 15.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Australileberis sp., Pseudokeijella sp. Australileberis sp. Pseudokeijella sp.
Deuteropoda
-	Ostracoda indet. Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Ostracoda
Podocopida - Neocytherideidae	Neocytherideis cf. boomeri, Neocytherideis sp. Neocytherideis cf. boomeri ostracod Neocytherideis sp. Puri 1952 ostracod
Podocopida - Leguminocythereidae	Leguminocythereis cf. dinglei Leguminocythereis cf. dinglei ostracod
Podocopida - Paradoxostomatidae	? Cytherois sp. ? Cytherois sp. ostracod
Podocopida - Hemicytheridae	Ambostracon sp. Ambostracon sp. Hazel 1962 ostracod
Podocopida -	Chrysocythere sp., "Neocaudites cf. maccagnoi" = Falsocythere maccagnoi Chrysocythere sp. ostracod "Neocaudites cf. maccagnoi" = Falsocythere maccagnoi Ciampo 1972 ostracod
Podocopida - Bairdiidae	Bairdoppilata sp. Bairdoppilata sp. ostracod
Podocopida -	Coquimba sp., Stigmatocythere cf. bornhardti Coquimba sp. ostracod Stigmatocythere cf. bornhardti ostracod
Podocopida - Macrocyprididae	Macrocypris sp. Macrocypris sp. ostracod
Podocopida - Pontocyprididae	Australoecia cf. fulleri, Argilloecia cf. sp. Australoecia cf. fulleri ostracod Argilloecia cf. sp. ostracod
Podocopida - Loxoconchidae	Loxoconcha sp., Palmoconcha cf. walvisridgensis Loxoconcha sp. Sars 1866 ostracod Palmoconcha cf. walvisridgensis ostracod
Podocopida - Xestoleberididae	Xestoleberis sp. Xestoleberis sp. Sars 1866 ostracod
Podocopida - Cytheruridae	Paracytheridea cf. culmen, Kangarina cf. mucronata, Eucytherura sp., Cytheropteron sp. Paracytheridea cf. culmen ostracod Kangarina cf. mucronata ostracod Eucytherura sp. ostracod Cytheropteron sp. Sars 1866 ostracod
Podocopida - Cytherideidae	Eucythere sp., Parakrithella sp. Eucythere sp. Brady 1868 ostracod Parakrithella sp. Hanai 1959 ostracod
Podocopida - Trachyleberididae	Buntonia sp., ? Buntonia sp., Ruggieria cf. furcilla, Henryhowella sp., Trachyleberis sp., Idiocythere sp. Buntonia sp. Howe 1935 ostracod ? Buntonia sp. Howe 1935 ostracod Ruggieria cf. furcilla ostracod Henryhowella sp. Puri 1957 ostracod Trachyleberis sp. ostracod Idiocythere sp. ostracod
Podocopida -	Crenaleya sp., ? Crenaleya cf. apolegma, Haughtonileberis sp., Haughtonileberis cf. radiata Crenaleya sp. ostracod ? Crenaleya cf. apolegma ostracod Haughtonileberis sp. ostracod Haughtonileberis cf. radiata ostracod
Platycopida - Cytherellidae	Cytherella sp. Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
-	Kuiperiana cf. angulata Kuiperiana cf. angulata ostracod