Where: South Africa (34.5° S, 20.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.7° S, 19.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Bredasdorp Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Alexandria Formation, which unconformably overlies Late Cretaceous Sundays River Fm in places, and is overlain by eolian calcarenites. AGE: Much discussed, although not clearly in text, to range from Miocene to Pleistocene, but also possible Eocene (see Haughton pers. comm., cited in text). Assigned here to a Pliocene age, based on more recent publications (King, 1972). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite list representing the entire formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, calcareous limestone and lithified, shelly/skeletal, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown collector. REPOSITORY: Unknown repository.
Primary reference: A. Ruddock. 1966. The Tertiary limestone of the southern coastal regions of Cape Province, South Africa. Sedimentary Basins of the African Coasts 49-62 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 77528: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Tubothalamea | |
Nodosariata | |
Lagena sp. Walker and Boys 1784 | |
Globothalamea | |
Cibicides "sp. A" Monfort 1808
Cibicides "sp. B" Monfort 1808 | |
Eponides "sp. A" Montfort 1808 | |
Foraminifera | |
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808
Elphidium advenum Cushman 1922 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Tellina cf. perna" = Tonganaella perna
"Tellina cf. perna" = Tonganaella perna Spengler 1798 tellin clam | |
"Chamelea rogersi" = Chamelea venus clam
"Chamalea schwarzi" = Chamelea venus clam
Tivela baini venus clam | |
"? Schizodesma sp." = Scissodesma
"? Schizodesma sp." = Scissodesma Gray 1837 clam | |
Glycymeris pilosa Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Ostrea athersoni oyster
Ostrea cf. sublingua oyster
"Ostrea cf. prismatica" = Striostrea prismatica Gray 1825 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
"Conus cf. litteratus" = Conus (Lithoconus) litteratus
"Conus cf. litteratus" = Conus (Lithoconus) litteratus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
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Bullia annulata Lamarck 1816 snail | |
? Pirenella sp. Gray 1847 horn snail |