Lang. E Quarry-GM: Late/Upper Miocene, South Africa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Barbatia obliquata Wood 1828
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Osteichthyes indet.
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Pelycopoda indet.
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Diodara parviforata
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
Thecostraca
Cirripedia indet. Rafinesque 1816
ETE occurrence; species: Cirripedia
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla kraussi Clessin 1890
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
cf. Pyramidella indet. Lamarck 1799
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Crassispira indet. Swainson 1840
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Ocenebra scrobiculata
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
Thais dubia (Krauss 1848)
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Bullia indet. Gray 1834
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris indet. Röding 1798
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Clavatula indet. Lamarck 1801
2 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
cf. Littorina indet. Ferussac 1821
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gastropoda - Siphonariidae
Siphonaria indet. Sowerby 1824
5 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo sarmaticus Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Oxystele tigrina (Anton 1839)
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Gastropoda - Phasianellidae
Tricolia neritina (Dunker 1846)
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis indet. Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Haliotis saldanhae Kensley 1972
4 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
Gastropoda - Patellidae
Patella granularis Linnaeus 1758
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Gastropoda - Patellida - Nacellidae
cf. Cellana indet. Adams 1869
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Cellana capensis (Gmelin 1791)
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
cf. Perna indet. Retzius 1788
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar indet. Römer 1857
ETE occurrence; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax indet. Linnaeus 1758
3 specimens
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - replaced genus name sp. with family name
Donax serra Roding 1798
1 specimen
ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - name shift
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Kraussinidae
Kraussina rubra (Pallas 1766)
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. primigenium (von Meyer 1829)
recombined as Hippotherium primigenium
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetacea indet. (Brisson 1762)
ETE occurrence; species: Cetacea
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
aff. Plesiobalaenoptera sp. Bisconti 2010
Govender et al. 2016
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Homiphoca capensis (Hendey and Repenning 1972)
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Chersina sp. Gray 1831
Reptilia - Spheniscidae
Spheniscidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
Olson 1983 1 specimen
"single penguin bone"
Inguza predemersus (Simpson 1971)
1 specimen
Dege hendeyi Simpson 1979
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes
Pelecaniformes indet. Sharpe 1891
ETE occurrence; species: Pelecaniformes
Actinopteri - Spariformes - Sparidae
Sparidae indet. (Cuvier 1817)
ETE occurrence; species: Sparidae
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Chondrichthyes - Trygonidae
Trygonidae indet. Müller and Henle 1837
ETE occurrence; species: Trygonidae
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806
Squatina africana
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Notidanus serratissimus Agassiz 1843
recombined as Notorhynchus serratissimus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis accutissima
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838
ETE occurrence; species: B, C
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Carcharodon sp. Smith 1838
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Megaselachus megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Otodus megalodon
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Prionace glauca
Carcharhinus melanopterus
Carcharhinus limbatus
Negaprion sp. Whitley 1940
ETE occurrence; species: or Hypoprion sp.
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816
Echinoidea
Parechinus angulosus (Leske 1778)
ETE occurrence; species: mak - name shift
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa
Coordinates: 33.0° South, 18.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.2° South, 17.2° East
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary - Tertiary *Epoch:Miocene - Pliocene
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Varswater Member:Gravel
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dates: Miocene to Pliocene: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Dating by correl of assem w/ radiometrically dated sites: age after Hendey 1981.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified conglomerate
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: "indurated, reworked phosph rk grav &cob in unconsol wh sand"
Environment:foreshore
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: coastal, ETE sed env 2: beach ETE event: ., ETE env comment: rocky&sandy beaches
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Collection size:68 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 10038, 631, 629, 583, 581, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1042, Langebaanweg, "E Quarry, GM",
Database number:22219
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer, M. Uhen Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-06-03 00:00:00 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:1999-06-03 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
5419.ETE 1148P. V. Rich. 1980. Preliminary report on the fossil avian remains from late Tertiary sediments at Langebaanweg (Cape Province), South Africa. Paleont. Afr. 26(7):69-91 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]

Secondary references:

59588 R. Govender, M. Bisconti, and A. Chinsamy. 2016. A late Miocene–early Pliocene baleen whale assemblage from Langebaanweg, west coast of South Africa (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Alcheringa [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
34469 S. L. Olson. 1983. Fossil seabirds and changing marine environments in the late Tertiary of South Africa. South African Journal of Science 79:399-402 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]