SAL 4 (Pleistocene of South Africa)
Where: Western Cape, South Africa (33.9° S, 18.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Velddrif Shelly Sand Member (Bredasdorp Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: interdistributary bay; lithified, coarse-grained, shelly/skeletal, calcareous sandstone
• Course sand grains and shell debris with some angular rounded pebbles and few scattered pieces of calcrete
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: One cubic meter of was collected and washed in water to seperate the fossils
Primary reference: B. Kensley. 1985. The Faunal Deposits of a Late Pleistocene Raised Beach at Milnerton, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 95(2):111-122 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles/L. Eccles]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 110492: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 09.06.2011
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Taxonomic list
• "Ten major components of the Milnerton beach deposit, as % of the total number of specimens", are listed with the taxonomic list.
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| unclassified | |
| Echinoidea | |
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cf. Parechinus angulosus Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
"Odontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus
"Odontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus Agassiz 1843 sand shark | |
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Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
| Malacostraca | |
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Ovalipes punctata crab | |
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Callianassa kraussi Stebbing 1985 decapod | |
| Thecostraca | |
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Balanus maxillaris barnacle
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Oxystele variegata top snail
Oxystele tigrina Anton 1839 top snail
Gibbula capensis top snail
Gibbula cicer top snail | |
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Tricolia capensis snail
Tricolia neritina Dunker 1846 snail | |
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Turbo sarmaticus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
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Fissurella mutabilis snail
Amblychilepas scutellum Gmelin 1791 snail | |
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Siphonaria sp. Sowerby 1824 pulmonate | |
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Retusa truncatula Bruguiere 1792 snail | |
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Lippistes cornu snail | |
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Natica saldontiana moon snail
Natica tecta moon snail | |
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Rissoa capensis snail | |
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Assiminea globulus snail | |
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Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800 worm shell | |
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Clionella confusa snail | |
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Pseudoraphitoma alfredi turrid | |
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Conus mozambicus cone shell | |
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Cythara amplexa snail | |
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Ocenebra scrobiculata murex snail
Nucella cingulata murex snail
Nucella dubia murex snail
Nucella squamosa murex snail
Pteropurpura uninaria murex snail | |
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Marginella rosea margin shell
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell
Volvarina capensis margin shell | |
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Burnupena cincta true whelk
Burnupena lagenaria true whelk
Burnupena papyracea true whelk
"Bullia digitalis" = Buccinum digitale Dillwyn 1817 true whelk | |
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Bullia annulata Lamarck 1816 snail
Bullia laevissima Gmelin 1791 snail
Nassarius capensis snail
Nassarius kraussianus snail
Nassarius speciosus snail | |
Argobuccinum pustulosum, "Cymatium cutaceum" = Linatella caudata
Argobuccinum pustulosum Solander and Lightfoot 1786 triton shell | |
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Littorina knysnaensis periwinkle | |
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Epitonium kraussi wentletrap | |
Protomella capensis, "Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera
Protomella capensis turret shell
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera Deshayes 1824 turret shell | |
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Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Crepidula porcellana slipper shell
Crepidula rugulosa slipper shell | |
"Helcion dunkeri" = Scurriopsis dunkeri
"Helcion dunkeri" = Scurriopsis dunkeri d'Orbigny 1847 limpet | |
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Patella argenvillei limpet
Patella miniata limpet
Patella granatina Linnaeus 1758 limpet
"Patella barbara" = Scutellastra barbara Linnaeus 1758 limpet | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Nuculana bisupidata pointed nut clam | |
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Solen capensis clam | |
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Barnea truncata Say 1822 clam | |
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Tellimya trigona clam | |
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"Dosinia lupinus" = Dosinia lupina Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Tivela compressa venus clam
Petricola bicolor venus clam
Venerupis corrugata venus clam | |
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Mactra glabrata clam | |
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Parvicardium turtoni cockle | |
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Theora ovalis clam | |
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Tellina trilatera tellin clam | |
"Loripes liratula" = Lucina liratula
"Loripes liratula" = Lucina liratula Sowerby 1889 clam | |
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Ostrea algoensis oyster | |
"Aulacomya ater" = Aulacomya atra, Choromytilus meridionalis
"Aulacomya ater" = Aulacomya atra Molina 1782 mussel
Choromytilus meridionalis mussel | |