Langebaanweg, QSM (Pliocene of South Africa)
Where: Cape, South Africa (33.0° S, 18.1° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° S, 17.7° E)
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When: Quarzose Sand Member (Varswater Formation), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. L. Olson. 1985. Early Pliocene Procellariformes (Aves) from Langebaanweg, south-western Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 95(3):123-145 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 176419: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.02.2016
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Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual
aff. Plesiobalaenoptera sp. Bisconti 2010 rorqual | |
| Aves | |
Procellariidae indet., Pelecanoides cymatotrypetes n. sp., Pachyptila sp., Pachyptila salax n. sp., Puffinus sp.
Procellariidae indet. Vigors 1825 petrel
Pelecanoides cymatotrypetes n. sp. Olson 1985 diving-petrel
Pachyptila salax n. sp. Olson 1985 prion
Puffinus sp. Brisson 1760 shearwater | |
Oceanites zaloscarthmus n. sp.
Oceanites zaloscarthmus n. sp. Olson 1985 bird | |
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Diomedea sp. Linnaeus 1758 albatross | |