Hondeklip Bay, A-Block: Zanclean, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Homiphoca capensis
(Hendey and Repenning 1972)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | South Africa |
| Coordinates: | 30.3° South, 17.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.4° South, 16.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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
| Stratigraphy comments: Infill in 50 mP Lower Shore Horizon/ Face (LSH). |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | shoreface |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 195017 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-07-11 09:15:12 | Last modified: | 2018-07-11 09:15:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-07-11 09:15:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63964. | R. Govender. 2018. Extension of the geographic range of Homiphoca into Northern Cape Province, South Africa, with comments on the possible feeding strategies used by Homiphoca . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(3):e1463536 [M. Uhen/K. Ziegler/M. Uhen] |