Langebaanweg E Quarry, Piets Pit Bed 2 (Pliocene of South Africa)

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

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Taxonomic list

• relationship to ETE Langebaanweg quarries is unclear
Mammalia
 Pholidota - Manidae
"Manis gigantea" = Manis (Smutsia) gigantea
"Manis gigantea" = Manis (Smutsia) gigantea Illiger 1811 giant pangolin
"Manis sp." of Hendey 1976