Mkuze Game Reserve (Mku 111) (Cretaceous to of South Africa)

Where: Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (27.7° S, 32.2° E: paleocoordinates 48.0° S, 6.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Makatini Formation, Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 100.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; calcareous siltstone

• "fluviatile, floodplain" (Anderson and Anderson 1985 (ref. 6188))
• "mottled, very pale orange to dark yellowish orange, calcareous siltstone" (Anderson and Anderson 1985 (ref. 6188))

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: collection was made by van Dijk 1981, it resides at the Botanical Research Institute in Pretoria

Primary reference: J. M. Anderson and H. M. Anderson. 1985. Palaeoflora of Southern Africa. Prodromus of South African Megafloras Devonian to Lower Cretaceous 1-423 [P. Gensel/P. Gensel/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20709: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Michele Reynolds on 04.06.2002, edited by Jason Cassara

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Taxonomic list

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Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucaria mkuziensis
 Bennettitales -
Dictyozamites mkuziensis, Zamites antarctica, Zamites mkuziensis
Zamites antarctica
leaves, also lists 25 scale-leaf specimens
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris mkuziensis
Pteridopsida
  -
"Filicopsida indet." = Pteridopsida
"Filicopsida indet." = Pteridopsida Ritgen 1828
"fern spp. indet."