TABLE 1. Faunal list for Koeberg (Duinefontein) complied from Cenozoic Palaeontology catalogue books and Olson, 1985b compared with Langebaanweg.
Taxon | Common name | Koeberg | Langebaanweg (LQSM, MPPM) |
‘Nucleornis’ insolitus | penguin | x | x |
‘Dege’ hendeyi | penguin | x | x |
‘?Palaespheniscus’ huxleyorum | penguin | x | x |
Inguza predemersus | penguin | x | x |
Oceanites sp. | Storm-petrel | x | - |
Fulmarinae gen. et sp. indet. | petrel | x | ? |
Pachyptila salax | petrel | x | x |
Pachyptila species B | petrel | x | - |
Pachyptila species C | petrel | x | - |
Procellaria sp. | Petrel | x | - |
Calonectris sp. | shearwater | x | - |
Puffinus (Puffinus) species A | Puffin | x | - |
Puffinus (Puffinus) species B | Puffin | x | - |
Puffinus (Puffinus) species C | Puffin | x | - |
Sula sp. | booby | x | x |
Phalacrocorax sp. | cormorant | x | x |
Phalacrocorax cf ( Microcarbo) sp. | Small cormorant | ? | x |
Medium indeterminate Procellariidae | Petrel, shearwater, prion | x | x |
Phasianidae | includes pheasants, partridges, jungle fowl, chickens, Old World quail, and peafowl | x | x |
Francolinus sp. | francolin | x | x |
Carcharocles megalodon | Megalodon | x | x |
Carcharodon carcharias | White shark | x | x |
Carcharias taurus | Ragged tooth shark | x | x |
Alopias vulpinus | Thresher shark | x | - |
Isurus oxyrhynchus | Mako shark | x | x |
Sphyrna zygaena | Smooth hammerhead | x | - |
Pristidae | Saw fish | x | x |
Sparidae | Mussel cracker (personal observation) | x | x |
Myliobatidae | Eagle ray | x | x |
Balistidae | Trigger fish | x | - |
Tachysurus | Catfish/barbel | x | x |
Xiphiidae | Sword fish | x | - |
Arctocephalu sp. | Cape fur seal | x | - |
Homiphoca | Phocid seal | ? | x |
Hyaenidae | hyaena | x | x |
Bathyergidae | molerat | x | x |
Testudinidae | Tortoise | x | x |
Ceratotherium | White rhino | x | x |
Pelorovis antiquus | Buffalo | x | - |
Taurotragus strepsiceros | Eland | x | - |
Antilopini | Gazelles, springbok, gerenuk, and blackbuck | x | x |
Alcelaphini | wildebeest, hartebeest, bonteboks | x | x |
Antidorcas sp. | springbok | x | - |
Redunca sp. | reedbok | x | - |
Raphicerus sp. | Grysbok, steenbok, | x | - |
Connochaetes sp. | wildebeest | x | - |
Hipparion | equid | x | x |
Lagomorpha | hare | x | x |
TABLE 2. Measurements of the incomplete tympanic bullae from Duinefontein (Koeberg).
Specimen number | SAM-PQMBD-81 | SAM-PQMBD-50 | SAM-PQMBD-80 | SAM-PQMBD-48 | SAM-PQMBD-1200 |
Total length (mm) | 94.79 | 94.52 | 76.80 | 81.73 | 30.43 |
Width (mm) | 63.45 (posterior end) | 36.76 (incomplete) | 41.52 | 39.66 (incomplete) | 12.68 (incomplete) |
Involucrum width (mm) | 33.51 | 36.44 | 2803 | 39.39 | 10.0 |
Greatest depth (mm) | 47.0 | 48.0 | 35.0 | 34.0 | 4.0 |
TABLE 3. Measurements of the isolated petrosals from Duinefontein (Koeberg).
Specimen number | SAM-PQMBD-526 | SAM-PQMBD-49 | SAM-PQMBD-95 | SAM-MBD-363 |
Length (mm) | 76.29 | 71.97 | 66.16 | 17.79 |
Width (mm) | 79.26 | 52.18 | 35.65 | 24.71 |
Pars cochlearis length (mm) | 63.57 | 37.11 | 29.12 | 14.0 |
Pars cochlearis width (mm) | 40.02 | 23..37 | 20.95 | 12.0 |
Transverse width anterior process (mm) | 41.42 | 17.19 | 33.64 | 8.0 |