Western Cape, South Africa · Africa
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Porterville is a town located in Western Cape, South Africa. With a population of 8,455, it is an important destination in Africa.
On a road trip, Porterville sits in South Africa, where you drive on the left. It's in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Porterville to your route.
The Soom Shale is a member of the Late Ordovician (Hirnantian) Cederberg Formation (Table Mountain Group) in South Africa, renowned for its remarkable preservation of soft-tissue in fossil material.
Deposited in still waters, the unit lacks bioturbation, perhaps indicating anoxic conditions.
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tillite and is overlain by the Disa Siltstone.
It contains typical Ordovician microfossils, such as chitinozoa, acritarchs and spores, and its shelly fauna is also typical of this time period.
Its macrofauna comprises pelagic organisms that sank rapidly to a barren sea floor. These include brachiopods, eurypterids, conodonts, nektaspids, trilobites, a lobopodian and orthoconic cephalopods.
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Porterville is located in Western Cape, South Africa, Africa. The coordinates are -33.0182 latitude, 18.9928 longitude.
Porterville has a population of approximately 8,455 people, making it a town in South Africa.
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