Ysterplaats (Pliocene of South Africa)

Also known as Yzerplaats

Where: South Africa (33.9° S, 18.5° E: paleocoordinates 34.0° S, 18.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. G. Simpson. 1973. Tertiary penguins (Sphenisciformes, Spheniscidae) from Ysterplaats, Cape Town, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 69:342-344 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74772: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
Aves
 Sphenisciformes -
? Palaeospheniscus huxleyorum n. sp. Simpson 1973 penguin
Gnathostomata
  -
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish