Ysterplaats: Zanclean, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Reptilia
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? Palaeospheniscus huxleyorum n. sp.
Simpson 1973
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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] |