Also known as PP13B
Where: South Africa (34.2° S, 22.1° E: paleocoordinates 34.2° S, 22.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 6
Environment/lithology: cave; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Primary reference: C. W. Marean, M. Bar-Matthews, J. Bernatchez, E. Fisher, P. Goldberg, A. I. R. Herries, Z. Jacobs, A. Jerardino, P. Karkanas, T. Minichillo, P. J. Nilssen, E. Thompson, I. Watts and H. M. Williams. 2007. Early human use of marine resources and pigment in South Africa during the Middle Pleistocene. Natures 449:905-909 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 115185: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
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Polyplacophora | |
Polyplacophora indet. de Blainville 1816 chiton | |
Bivalvia | |
Mytilidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 mussel
Choromytilus meridionalis mussel | |
Donax sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Turbo samaticus snail | |
Oxystele sp. top snail | |
Patellidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 limpet
Scutellastra argenvillei limpet | |
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell | |
Nodilittorina sp. von Martens 1897 periwinkle | |
Buccinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 true whelk
Burnupena sp. Iredale 1918 true whelk | |
Thecostraca | |
Cirripedia indet. Rafinesque 1816 barnacle | |
Coronula sp. Bruguière 1792 whale barnacle |