Ysterplaats: Zanclean, South Africa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762
Reptilia
? Palaeospheniscus huxleyorum n. sp. Simpson 1973
15 elements
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa
Coordinates: 33.9° South, 18.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.0° South, 18.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Zanclean
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Yzerplaats
Database number:74772
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-08-29 11:15:06 Last modified:2013-05-15 08:52:54
Access level:the public Released:2007-08-29 11:15:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25186. 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]