Also known as Column 2
Where: Namibia (27.5° S, 15.4° E: paleocoordinates 27.5° S, 15.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed in text. AGE: Pleistocene, presumably. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Originally reported by Haughton, 1932.
Primary reference: K. H. Barnard. 1962. Revised list of South African late Tertiary and Pleistocene marine Mollusca. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 36(4):179-196 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 122932: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Solen capensis clam | |
Donax rogersi clam
Donax serra Roding 1798 clam | |
Lutraria lutraria Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Chamelea krigei venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Philine sp. Ascanius 1772 snail | |
Crepidula porcellana slipper shell
Crepidula rugulosa slipper shell | |
Thais cingulata, "Thais praecingulata" = Nucella praecingulata
Thais cingulata murex snail
"Thais praecingulata" = Nucella praecingulata Haughton 1932 murex snail | |
Bullia laevissima, "Bullia magna" = Bullia annulata
Bullia laevissima Gmelin 1791 snail
"Bullia magna" = Bullia annulata Lamarck 1816 snail | |
Nassa scropularcus true whelk
"Bullia digitalis" = Buccinum digitale Dillwyn 1817 true whelk
Burnupena limbosa true whelk
Burnupena lagenaria true whelk | |
"Argobuccinum argus" = Argobuccinum pustulosum
"Argobuccinum argus" = Argobuccinum pustulosum Solander and Lightfoot 1786 triton shell | |
Cerithium pingue cerith snail | |
Diodora elevata snail
Fissurella robusta snail | |
Patella compressa limpet
Patella argenvillei limpet
Patella granatina Linnaeus 1758 limpet
"Patella barbara" = Scutellastra barbara Linnaeus 1758 limpet | |
"Thais squamosa" = Sistrum squamosum
"Thais squamosa" = Sistrum squamosum Pease 1868 snail |