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Avontuur Mine, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Lat/Long (Decimal)-30.3244,17.3211
Co-ordinates Derivationstated in text
Given LocationNamaqualand, South Africa
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Avontuur MinePickford M., Senut B. (1997)20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Labrodon sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Labriformes : Labridae : Labrodon20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Carcharodon sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Carcharodon20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Isurus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Isurus20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Lamna sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Lamna20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Ruminantia
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Ruminantia20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Kenyasus namaquensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Suidae : Kenyasus : Kenyasus namaquensis20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Kenyasus rusingensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Suidae : Kenyasus : Kenyasus rusingensis20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Nguruwe kijivium
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Suidae : Nguruwe : Nguruwe kijivium20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Mirounga sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Phocidae : Mirounga20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Rhinocerotidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Kenyapithecus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Hominidae : Kenyapithecus20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Prodeinotherium hobleyi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Deinotheriidae : Prodeinotherium : Prodeinotherium hobleyi20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Gomphotheriidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Gomphotheriidae20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Diamantomys sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Diamantomyidae : Diamantomys20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Bivalvia
class
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Conus sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene

References

Pickford M., Senut B. (1997) Cainozoic mammals from coastal Namaqualand, South Africa, Paleontologia Africana 34, 199-217
Pickford M., Senut B. (2000) Geology and Palaeobiology of the Central and Southern Namib Desert, Southwestern Africa, Volume 1: Geology and History of Study, Geological Survey of Namibia, Memoire 18, 1-155
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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