Pinnacle Point (Pleistocene of South Africa)

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
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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Arctocephalus pusillus1 Schreber 1778 brown fur seal
Polyplacophora
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Polyplacophora indet. de Blainville 1816 chiton
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 mussel
 Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Oxystele sp. top snail
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Patellidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 limpet
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Nodilittorina sp. von Martens 1897 periwinkle
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 true whelk
Burnupena sp. Iredale 1918 true whelk
Thecostraca
 Cirripedia -
Cirripedia indet. Rafinesque 1816 barnacle
 Balanomorpha - Coronulidae
Coronula sp. Bruguière 1792 whale barnacle
Cetopirus complanatus2 whale barnacle