Avontuur Mine: Burdigalian, South Africa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Pickford and Senut 2000
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Pickford and Senut 2000
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Prodeinotherium hobleyi (Andrews 1911)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia
Ruminantia indet. Scopoli 1777
Mammalia - Suidae
Nguruwe kijivium Pickford 1986
Kenyasus namaquensis n. sp. Pickford and Senut 1997
Kenyasus rusingensis Pickford 1986
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
cf. Mirounga sp. Gray 1827
    = ? Mirounga sp. Gray 1827
Pickford and Senut 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia
? Diamantomys sp. Stromer 1922
Pickford and Senut 2000
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
cf. Kenyapithecus sp. Leakey 1961
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Labrodon sp. Gervais 1857
Pickford and Senut 2000
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Lamna sp. Cuvier 1816
Pickford and Senut 2000
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Pickford and Senut 2000
Carcharodon sp. Smith 1838
Pickford and Senut 2000
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa State/province:Namaqualand
Coordinates: 30.3° South, 17.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.1° South, 15.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Ryskop
Database number:51190
Authorizer:M. Uhen, W. Clyde Enterer:M. Uhen, W. Clyde
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-05-31 13:25:00 Last modified:2014-03-04 10:46:30
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-31 13:25:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
13638. M. Pickford and B. Senut. 1997. Cainozoic mammals from coastal Namaqualand, South Africa. Paleontologia Africana 34:199-217 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

198635% 54080M. Pickford and B. Senut. 2000. Geology and Palaeobiology of the Central and Southern Namib Desert, Southwestern Africa, Volume 1: Geology and History of Study. Geological Survey of Namibia, Memoire 18 1-155 [W. Clyde/W. Clyde/J. Alroy]