Also known as ETE Locality 1055, Langebaanweg, "E Quarry, PPM",
Where: South Africa (33.0° S, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.5° S, 16.6° E)
When: PPM Member (Varswater Formation), Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Dating by correl w/radiom dated sites
Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: macro; ETE reference list: 637, 636, 635, 634, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: C. Denys. 1990. The oldest Acomys from the Lower Pliocene of South Africa and the problem of its murid affinities. Paleon. Abteilung Paleozoo. Strat. 210(1-3):79-91 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 22232: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 04.06.1999, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
Geochelone stromeri n. sp.1
Geochelone stromeri n. sp.1 Meylan and Auffenberg 1986 turtle type is definitely from E Quarry according to Meylan and Auffenberg but stratigraphic position is not discussed
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Mammalia | |
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Acomys mabele (African) spiny mice | |
Damalacra acalla Gentry 1980 antelope
Mesembriportax acrae Gentry 1974 antelope |