Avontuur A 50m complex 3 (Pliocene of South Africa)

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (33.9° S, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.0° S, 18.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithology not reported

• Upper-shoreface facies.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: B. Kensley and J. Pether. 1986. Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 97(6):141-225 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118318: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 12.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Polyplacophora
 Chitonida - Chitonidae
cf. Chiton sp. Linnaeus 1758 chiton
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
 Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis saldanhae Kensley 1972 abalone
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula deprima n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 slipper shell
Calyptraea viridarena slipper shell
Calyptraea kilburni Kensley and Pether 1986 slipper shell
Calyptraea kilburni nom. nov.
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera Deshayes 1824 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Bullia digitalis" = Buccinum digitale, "Triumphis dilemma" = Austriumphis dilemma, Burnupena papyracea, Burnupena aestus n. sp.
"Bullia digitalis" = Buccinum digitale Dillwyn 1817 true whelk
"Triumphis dilemma" = Austriumphis dilemma Kilburn and Tankard 1975 true whelk
Burnupena aestus n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria dinglei n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 tulip snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus mozambicus cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra canisaxi n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Nucella praecingulata Haughton 1932 murex snail
Trophon carringtoni n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Argobuccinum casus n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Eratoidae
? Hespererato oppenheimeri Kensley and Pether 1986 snail
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Patella hendeyi n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 limpet
Patella hoffmani n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 limpet
"Patella barbara" = Scutellastra barbara Linnaeus 1758 limpet
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Striostrea margaritacea Lamarck 1819 oyster
Ostrea cf. subradiosa Bohm 1926 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Perna perna Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Chamelea krigei venus clam
Venus verrucosa venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Lutraria sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
 Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax haughtoni Carrington and Kensley 1969 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Gastrana fibrosa tellin clam
Tellina ponsonbyi tellin clam
 Carditida - Condylocardiidae