Bogenfels (Pleistocene of Namibia)

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

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown. Assumed unlithified as it is described as a "raised beach".

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

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, and with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, though with species-resolution identifications.
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Perna perna Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Solenida - Solenidae
 Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax serra Roding 1798 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Lutraria lutraria Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Chamelea krigei venus clam
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Philine sp. Ascanius 1772 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula porcellana slipper shell
Crepidula rugulosa slipper shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Thais cingulata, "Thais praecingulata" = Nucella praecingulata
Thais cingulata murex snail
"Thais praecingulata" = Nucella praecingulata Haughton 1932 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Bullia laevissima Gmelin 1791 snail
"Bullia magna" = Bullia annulata Lamarck 1816 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Bullia digitalis" = Buccinum digitale Dillwyn 1817 true whelk
Burnupena limbosa true whelk
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Argobuccinum argus" = Argobuccinum pustulosum
"Argobuccinum argus" = Argobuccinum pustulosum Solander and Lightfoot 1786 triton shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium pingue cerith snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Patella granatina Linnaeus 1758 limpet
"Patella barbara" = Scutellastra barbara Linnaeus 1758 limpet
 Ptenoglossa - Thaididae
"Thais squamosa" = Sistrum squamosum
"Thais squamosa" = Sistrum squamosum Pease 1868 snail