Site 45a (Pleistocene of Namibia)
Where: Erongo, Namibia (21.8° S, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 21.8° S, 13.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
• patches of shelly sand in the pan, formed before it was completely cut off from the sea
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: O. Davies. 1973. Pleistocene shorelines in the Western Cape and South-West Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):719-765 [J. Sessa/J. Sessa/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 124058: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 06.02.2012, edited by Katherine Hendy
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Taxonomic list
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| Gastropoda | |
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Bullia laevissima Gmelin 1791 snail | |
"Bullia callosa" = Buccinum callosum
"Bullia callosa" = Buccinum callosum Wood 1828 true whelk | |
"Thais haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma
"Thais haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Dosinia lupinus" = Dosinia lupina
"Dosinia lupinus" = Dosinia lupina Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
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Tellina madagascariensis Gmelin 1791 tellin clam | |