Where: South Africa (28.2° S, 32.3° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 44.7° S, 22.8° E (Wright 2013)
• 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 | |
Gauthiericeras obesum van Hoepen 1955 ammonite |