Locality 22, Nyalazi River (Cretaceous of South Africa)

Where: South Africa (28.2° S, 32.3° E: paleocoordinates 46.0° S, 18.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: St Lucia Formation, Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)

• Coniacian IV based on ammonite biostratigraphy = Upper Coniacian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• Other repositories: South African Geological Survey, Pretoria

Primary reference: H. C. Klinger and W. J. Kennedy. 1984. Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The ammonite subfamily Peroniceratinae Hyatt, 1900. Annals of the South African Museum 92(3):1-294 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 158491: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.07.2014

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
Gauthiericeras obesum van Hoepen 1955 ammonite