Where: Western Cape, South Africa (33.0° S, 18.1° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° S, 17.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Quartzose Sand Member (Varswater Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Botha and T. Gaudin. 2007. An early Pliocene pangolin (Mammalia; Pholidota) from Langebaanweg, South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2):484-491 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 73552: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.06.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Manis gigantea" = Manis (Smutsia) gigantea
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