Hondeklip Bay, A-Block (Pliocene of South Africa)

Where: South Africa (30.3° S, 17.3° E: paleocoordinates 30.4° S, 16.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• Infill in 50 mP Lower Shore Horizon/ Face (LSH).

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Govender. 2018. Extension of the geographic range of Homiphoca into Northern Cape Province, South Africa, with comments on the possible feeding strategies used by Homiphoca . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(3):e1463536 [M. Uhen/K. Ziegler/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 195017: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2018

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Homiphoca capensis Hendey and Repenning 1972 seal